THE TOLL OF KRATOM
American use of the Southeast Asian plant kratom has grown dramatically in recent years, spurring both a lucrative industry and national lobbying effort while worrying health experts who fear its addictive effects and point to thousands of related deaths. In this Bloomberg Originals documentary, we reveal how the unregulated substance is being promoted and even made more potent, and how some users are ending up dead.
INFO
Documentary short / 29 mins / 2024
Executive Producer: Baldwin Tang, Alex Gittleson, Tre Shallowhorn & Kyle Kramer
Producer: Michael Byhoff & Henry Baker
Editor: Mark Hall
DP: Andrew Kirschenbaum, David Dominguez & Timothy Radek
Camera Operator: Caleb Weiss, David de Souza, Alexander Thornburg
Camera (Indonesia): Yonas Reynald, Abrian Maulana Azmi, Sigit Tri Handaya
Editorial Consultant: Tiffany Kary, Immanual John Milton & Teresa Xie
Sound: Joshua Neal & Kyle Garvey
Series Producer: Leila Hussain
Indonesia Field Producer: Kresna Astraatmadja
Motion Designer: Brandon Smith
Color: Patrick Woodward
Researcher: Lila Hassan
Consulting Producer: Raymond Schillinger
Creative Director: Rumba Shakir
Editorial Supervisor: David E. Rovella