'Little Criminals' - 2001 (clip 2: Shoplifting in Stirling)

A short clip from my controversial documentary feature called Little Criminals (64 mins). This film came close to completely destroying me but I just had to make it. A year in the lives of a group of junkie shoplifters in Glasgow, Scotland (1999-2000). Some sections were broadcast in Detox or Die (BBC One Life, 2004). BAFTA Scotland nomination 2002. Celtic Film & TV Festival 2002.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• junkie;
• Glasgow;
• shoplifter;
• heroin;
• injection;
• thief;
• david
• graham
• scott;
• documentary;
• filmmaker;
• gangsters;
• Scotland;

[ThekmanNZ]

thanks for uploading this bro. Really interesting and hard hitting stuff!

[davidgrahamscott]

@ThekmanNZ whole film is available on Vimeo if you want to see it. Leave a comment or suchlike if you can. Cheers!

[jalananderson]

@Mrgyn in london a gram is £25 but gone up to £30-£35 recently......well for decent....an 1/8 is £100 or there abouts,although 2-3 years back u could get an eighth for £70-£80, and more often than not grade 3 heroin and occasionally grade 4 or china white......although recent people have been diluting the gear and the prices seem to be rising nowadays......

[DougglesMagnificent]

wow michelle is quite a looker!

[MAKER6450]

@toweronepower wish it was that easy.

getting drunk thern smomking a joint knocks you out but you dont get those opiate dreams that you crave (known as the nod).

[toweronepower]

@Mrgyn Well i hope u can beat them mate, have a nice large joint and a glass of whiskey instead perhaps.

[toweronepower]

@Mrgyn How do you know herion prices so well are you a dealer or a user or something?

[davidgrahamscott]

@Mrgyn It's £'s I'm talking in, mister!! I cocked this up though re the price though and there's no way you'd have got 2 or 3 g's for that price at the time. A gram would have been about £40-50 at that time

[davyjames]

I agree that this guy is a dick for saying that's all they are good for. But I don't think people are profiting off their misery if they buy things from them. They WANT you to buy the things, how else are they going to make the money they need for their next fix????

[slitheen]

What a despicable gobshite you are then...profiting on their misery. They didn't wake up one day and decide to be a junkie you know. Science has already identified an addictive personality gene...it is a disease. These people are human beings. In fact the man that made this documentary is an ex-junkie and a successful film maker who has had his stuff shown on the BBC. Obviously they can be good for other things. I for one hope the poor fuckers that sold you your [legal] drug get better one day.