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1. WHERE TO WATCH FREEWAY CRACK IN THE SYSTEM DOCUMENTARY FULL
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Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief - it's on HBO right now. At the close of the film, Jeremy reflects that no statesman has come close to rivalling Winston Churchill in the half a century since our nation mourned his passing. The funeral ended at the village churchyard of Bladon where Churchill was laid to rest alongside his father, Randolph. He hears from Boris Johnson, author of a new book on Churchill, and from a London docker who remembers that some of the dock workers had misgivings about saluting the passing coffin with their cranes as it passed down the Thames on a launch after the ceremony at St Paul's - one of the most memorable moments of that extraordinary day. In the programme, Jeremy explores whether Churchill's immense legacy still has relevance today and meets a wide range of people who were involved in the events of that day, from soldiers who bore the coffin, to members of Churchill's close family. Churchill was the only commoner in the twentieth century to receive the honour of such a magnificent ceremony. Millions more watched the state funeral on television. More than a million people came to line the streets of London on the freezing day in late January to pay their respects as his coffin was taken from the lying-in-state at Westminster to St Paul's Cathedral. On the 50th anniversary of Winston Churchill's death, Jeremy Paxman tells the story of the send-off which Britain gave to the man who led the country to victory in the Second World War. As he works to take back his life, he is also attempting to take back his name from Rick Ross the rapper, who has made millions glamorizing street life and the drug trade. Now, he goes to schools and juvenile detention facilities to talk with students and inmates about the importance of literacy.

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Quincy Jones, III conducted the last major interview with Gary Webb just days before his death, which is featured in FREEWAY: CRACK IN THE SYSTEM.įreeway Rick describes learning to read in prison, one phonic at a time while serving his life sentence, until he could read the law books that would set him free. His story is featured in the Focus Features film, “Kill the Messenger,” starring Jeremy Renner. At first celebrated as a hero, Webb soon found himself discredited by major media, which led his paper to back away from the story, ultimately destroying his career and leading to his untimely death. The resulting controversy was explosive, especially in the African-American community.

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Not until the fateful meeting between an unlikely source, Coral Baca, and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Gary Webb of the San Jose Mercury News, did the full story, “Dark Alliance,” come to light. At the same time, harsh new laws sent thousands of young men to prison for years with little chance for rehabilitation. Hearings on Capitol Hill led by then-Senator John Kerry investigated the shocking connection between the CIA and the influx of cocaine during the Reagan and Bush administrations. More so, they reveal the government complicity and police corruption behind the scenes during the crack era. For the first time, we hear from a key Nicaraguan trafficker, Julio Zavala, who worked with the CIA-backed Contras and Oscar Danilo Blandón to supply Ross with tons of cocaine.įormer LA Sheriffs Deputy in the Narcotics Unit, Roberto Juarez, and top undercover DEA agent, Mike Levine, tell of the devastating spread of crack and the hunt for Freeway Rick and his crew. Throughout the film are interviews with Freeway Rick and his crew, including his mother Anne Ross, former girlfriend and drug dealer Marilyn Stubblefield, and former dealers Cornell Ward, Ollie Newell, and Norman Tillman. The subjects reveal a crack in the system that implicates the centers of power in our government, their mass incarceration policies and militarization of police, the spread of gangs and guns, and the loss of entire generations to the war on drugs.įreeway Rick - not to be confused with the Miami rapper, Rick Ross, who took the Los Angeles dealer's name and identity - built a drug empire that spread crack cocaine across the country, ruining millions of lives but profoundly influencing street culture in its wake. 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.

Untouchable, Brick City) exposes how the infiltration of crack cocaine destroyed inner-city neighborhoods across the country. This documentary by award-winning filmmaker Marc Levin ( SLAM, Mr. More compelling than fiction, it's the real story behind America's war on drugs. FREEWAY: CRACK IN THE SYSTEM tells the story of broken dreams, drug dealers, dirty cops, and government complicity.