TV series

The Corner

2000 · 1 season

A grim, clear-eyed immersion into addiction and poverty that feels like bearing witness rather than being entertained.

Tagline: On the front lines of America’s drug war, one family is living in the crossfire.
Overview: The Corner presents the world of Fayette Street using real names and real events. The miniseries tells the true story of men, women and children living amid the open-air drug markets of West Baltimore. It chronicles a year in the lives of 15-year-old DeAndre McCullough, his mother Fran Boyd, and his father Gary McCullough, as well as other addicts and low-level drug dealers caught up in the twin-engine economy of heroin and cocaine.
How it feels: Bleak, dark, melancholic and earnest. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Addiction, politics, family, survival
Content: Strong language. Mild violence and sexual content. No gore.
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Tone: bleakstrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: addiction
politics
family
survival
Places: big city
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: true story
serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language strong
Violence mild
Sex mild