Freeway: Crack in the System
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Description

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 by1983 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.

Additional information

Directors

Marc Levin

Studio

Gravitas Ventures

Subtitles

English (CC)

Released year

2017

Age rating


Duration

1 h 43 min

Genres

Documentary
Drama
Foreign/Independent

Writers

Marc Levin

Size

5.63 GB (1080p HD)
2.97 GB (720p HD)
1.69 GB (SD)

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