<Tr> <Th> Language </Th> <Td> English </Td> </Tr> <P> High on Crack Street: Lost Lives in Lowell is a 1995 American documentary film directed by Richard Farrell, Maryann DeLeo and Jon Alpert . It was a co-production of HBO and DCTV, produced by Farrell, DeLeo, and Alpert . The documentary takes place about 30 miles northwest of Boston in the economically depressed former mill city of Lowell, Massachusetts . </P> <P> While Lowell is generally known for its central role in the Industrial Revolution as the first planned textile town in the United States, the city had fallen on hard times since the mills left the city in the early 1920s . Wang Laboratories, a major employer in Lowell in the more prosperous 1980s, declared bankruptcy and virtually went out of business in the early 1990s . The Lowell of 1993 had a large percentage of the population unemployed or underemployed, in poverty, and unaffected by positive things in the city like the Lowell National Historical Park and The Lowell Folk Festival (established in 1990). Much of the film takes place in a lower - class section of the city's (Lower) Highlands neighborhood, documenting a period of nearly 18 months, with 1993 being the primary focus . </P> <P> The documentary frames the lives of three addicts against this background; particularly their hopeless situations, while exploring them as human beings . The film reveals the lives behind addiction: their aspirations, why they do drugs and why they don't quit, etc . It interviews their families, friends, and members of the community, discussing how drugs have destroyed the lives of the addicts . Richard Farrell, one of the directors, writers, and producers, is a native Lowellian and a former addict; allowing the crew deep access to the city's drug scene . </P>

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