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Eugene Jarecki

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Eugene Jarecki

10 films

Eugene Jarecki is an author and a dramatic and documentary filmmaker based in New York.

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His works include Why We Fight, which won the 2005 Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival, The Trials of Henry Kissinger, Reagan, Freakonomics, Quest of the Carib Canoe, and Season of the Lifterbees.

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The House I Live In posterFirst watchThe House I Live In20127.6In the past 40 years, the War on Drugs has accounted for 45 million arrests, made America the world's largest jailer, and destroyed impoverished communities at home and abroad.View film

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Why We Fight poster7.5Why We Fight2005Freakonomics poster6.1Freakonomics2010

Filmography

10 films as director
  1. 2025The Six Billion Dollar ManDirector
  2. 2018The KingDirector
  3. 2012The House I Live InDirector
  4. 2011ReaganDirector
  5. 2010FreakonomicsDirector
  6. 2007AddictionDirector
  7. 2005Why We FightDirector
  8. 2002The Trials of Henry KissingerDirector
  9. 2000The OpponentDirector
  10. 2000Quest of the Carib CanoeDirector