| America’s prisons are the most crowded in our
nation’s history. The US now incarcerates more people per capita than
any other country in the world. Credit the draconian Rockefeller Drug
Laws, the foundation to America’s War on Drugs, which mandate minimum
sentences of 15 years to life for first-time offenders. I FOUGHT
THE LAW
follows the inspirational journey of an unlikely coalition to change the
laws: outraged mothers, hip-hop community under the leadership of
Russell Simmons and former NAACP head Dr. Benjamin Chavis, Andrew Cuomo,
and comedian turned political activist Randy Credico. Interwoven with
their fight, is the moving struggle of Wanda Best, whose husband Daryl,
was sentenced to a 15-year term under the Rockefeller laws.
I FOUGHT THE LAW tells the story of a family victimized by
America’s “Drug War” policy and takes a backstage look at a hip-hop
impresario engaged in a high stakes political game of compromise and
change. Chaiklin and Skolnik document the first time the political
establishment was forced to work with the burgeoning political power of
hip-hop. |
