DVD
Freeway : crack in the system
Languages
In English, with optional English, French, Latin American Spanish, Dutch, Danish, Finnish, Norwegian or Swedish subtitles; closed-captioned.
Publication Information
[El Segundo, California] : Gravitas Ventures, [2017]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (103 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Audience
MPAA rating: R; drug content, language and some sexual references.
Summary
The definitive story of the birth of the crack plague, told by the man at the epicenter of the CIA/Contra/cocaine connection: "Freeway" Ricky Ross. In South Central LA, he is an urban legend--a black godfather figure whom most people have never seen, but know by reputation. Once a promising tennis player, he lost his chance at a college scholarship after it became apparent he couldn't read. At a vocational school, an instructor set him up with a Nicaraguan drug connection. Ross built a drug empire, and by 1983 was sending five million vials of crack a month to streets across the country, taking in over a million dollars in cash a day. But he didn't know that his supplier and friend, Blandon, was using some of the profits to help fund the Contras in Nicaragua and was part of a network connected to the CIA. He would later betray Ross in a DEA drug sting, sending him to federal prison with a life sentence. His story defies all odds and proves that truth is indeed stranger than fiction.
Notes
Title from container.
Originally produced in 2015.
Special features: Interviews with Michael K. Williams & Jeremy Renner ; additional bonus features.