The Wire

US, 2002

TV show
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Told from the points of view of both the Baltimore homicide and narcotics detectives and their targets, the series captures a universe in which the national war on drugs has become a permanent, self-sustaining bureaucracy, and distinctions between good and evil are routinely obliterated.

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Collection

Not in ACMI's collection

Credits

producer

Ed Burns

Eric Overmyer

George Pelecanos

Duration

01:00:00

Production places
US
Production dates
2002

On other websites

View at www.hbo.com

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

tmdb-tv-1438

Language

English

Subject categories

Crime

Drama

TMDB-TV

1438

Wikidata

Q478360

Collected

88 times

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