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Life Is Hot in Cracktown (2009)

Life Is Hot in Cracktown (2009)

R 99 minutes EN Drama
Be cool. You're so cool. Life is cool in Cracktown.
Various stories of how crack cocaine has infiltrated the inner-city streets. Based on Buddy Giovinazzo's novel "Life is Hot in Cracktown".
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