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Summary

This follow-up to the 1989 documentary ONE YEAR IN A LIFE OF CRIME revisits three of the original subjects in New Jersey during a five-year period in the 1990s. We share in their triumphs and setbacks as they navigate lives of poverty, drug abuse, AIDS, and petty crime.

Details

Release Date: December 15, 1998

Runtime: 119 minutes

Genres: Documentary

Rating: 7.0/10 (4 votes)


Life of Crime Collection

  • One Year in a Life of Crime

    One Year in a Life of Crime

    Their job is stealing, their lives a cruel dead end. Director Jon Alpert takes his cameras undercover for this hard-hitting look at men who live by theft and suffer addiction. Focusing on a year in the lives of three professional criminals, this gritty profile—which includes hidden-camera footage of actual thefts—exposes the "petty" crimes that are paralyzing America.

  • Life of Crime 2

    Life of Crime 2

    This follow-up to the 1989 documentary ONE YEAR IN A LIFE OF CRIME revisits three of the original subjects in New Jersey during a five-year period in the 1990s. We share in their triumphs and setbacks as they navigate lives of poverty, drug abuse, AIDS, and petty crime.

  • Life of Crime: 1984-2020

    Life of Crime: 1984-2020

    An intimate documentary that looks at the vicious cycles of drug addiction and street crime in one of the roughest parts of New Jersey.


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