Freeway: Crack in the System 2014

6.5/10


NETFLIX Rating : 2.9


IMDB Rating : 7.2


FD Smart Rating : 6.5


Synopsis : Take in the true account of drug kingpin 'Freeway' Rick Ross's empire and how the CIA helped him fuel America's devastating crack cocaine epidemic.


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Creators:

Marc Levin

Languages:

English [Original]

Subtitles:

Spanish , English , Italian , Arabic , German , Simplified Chinese , Vietnamese , Traditional Chinese , French , Brazilian Portuguese , Polish , European Spanish , Russian , Turkish , Romanian , Hebrew , Greek , Japanese , Portuguese , Korean , Dutch , Norwegian , Finnish , Swedish , Thai , Bulgarian

Genres:

Documentary, Biography, Crime

Release Date:

2014

Run Time:

1h43m

Maturity Rating:

May include adult themes, adult activity, strong language, intense or persistent violence, sexually-orientated nudity, drug abuse or other elements

FREEWAY: CRACK IN THE SYSTEM tells the story of broken dreams, drug dealers, dirty cops, and government complicity-more compelling than fiction, it's the real story behind America's longest war. This documentary by award-winning filmmaker Marc Levin (SLAM, Mr. Untouchable, Brick City) exposes how the infiltration of crack cocaine destroyed inner-city neighborhoods across the country. At the center of it all is the rise, fall and redemption of Freeway Rick Ross, a street hustler who became the King of Crack, and journalist Gary Webb, who broke the story of the CIA's complicity in the drug war. Featuring exclusive interviews with Freeway Rick Ross, not to be confused with the rapper who took his name Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Gary Webb, his source Coral Baca, and wife Susan Webb former Los Angeles Deputy Sheriff Roberto Juarez drug trafficker Julio Zavala and many more. The real Rick Ross is not a rapper. He's an urban legend in South Central LA, a black godfather figure whom most people have never seen, but know by name and reputation. He's 'Freeway' Rick Ross, the man who stood at the center of the crack epidemic, and whose name has been inextricably linked to the CIA-Contra-Cocaine connection. His story defies all odds and stereotypes and proves that truth is indeed stranger than fiction.