7/10
NETFLIX Rating : 3.5
IMDB Rating : 7
FD Smart Rating : 7
Synopsis : In the 1980s, a crusading journalist uncovers secret CIA funding for Nicaraguan rebels, but the powers that be silence his investigation.
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Anguilla
, Antigua and Barbuda
, Barbados
, Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba
, Canada
, Cuba
, Curaçao
, Dominica
, French Guiana
, Grenada
, Guadeloupe
, Guyana
, Haiti
, Jamaica
, Martinique
, Montserrat
, Saint Kitts and Nevis
, Saint Lucia
, Saint Vincent
, Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
, Suriname
, Virgin Islands, British
, Greece
, South Africa
, United States
Michael Kenneth Williams , Michael Sheen , Andy Garcia , Tim Blake Nelson , Barry Pepper , Mary Elizabeth Winstead , Paz Vega , Ray Liotta , Jeremy Renner , Oliver Platt , Rosemarie DeWitt , Robert Patrick , Jena Sims , Robert Pralgo
English , English [Original] , French , English - Audio Description
Spanish , Brazilian Portuguese , English , French
Biography, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
2014
1h52m
Restricted. May be inappropriate for children 17 and under.
Based on the true story of journalist Gary Webb. The film takes place in the mid-1990s, when Webb uncovered the CIA's past role in importing huge amounts of cocaine into the U.S. that was aggressively sold in ghettos across the country to raise money for the Nicaraguan Contras' rebel army. Despite enormous pressure not to, Webb chose to pursue the story and went public with his evidence, publishing the series 'Dark Alliance'. As a result he experienced a vicious smear campaign fueled by the CIA. At that point Webb found himself defending his integrity, his family, and his life.