Freeway: Crack in the System (2014)

Freeway: Crack in the System

2014

1h 43m

7.3

7.3/10

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Overview

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.

Status: Released

Language: EN

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Production Information

Production Companies

Al Jazeera America Blowback Productions ROYAL Interactive Studios Continental Media

Production Countries

Nicaragua United States of America

Spoken Languages

English

Quick Facts

Release Date	October 24, 2014
Status	Released
Language	EN
IMDb ID	tt3548962

Cast

Key Crew

Marc Levin

Director

Marc Levin

Writer

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