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Opium: The White Powder Opera

197650mMovieDocumentary

Set in Hong Kong, the narcotics documentary Opium: The White Powder Opera (1976-77) was commissioned by a British television station. Yung, its associate producer and cinematographer, joined the surveillance team of the Narcotics Bureau to…

DirectorAdrian Cowell
ProducerPeter Yung Wai-Chuen

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Opium: The White Powder Opera hasn't started streaming in United States yet. Based on the typical 6–8 week theatrical-to-streaming window, we estimate it will arrive around December 21, 1976. This is a prediction, not a confirmed date.