Ceasefire in High Point, NC

May 1, 2010

A 20-minute documentary about a new approach towards battling and retaking US towns and cities from drug markets and gang violence. Produced for Uri Schneider, the piece aired on ARTE in April 2010.

The “High Point” drug market elimination strategy is the brain child of David Kennedy a professor from John Jay College of Criminal Justice and has been so successful that it is now being deployed all over the country.

To learn more read: The New Yorker: Annals of Crime or Newsweek.