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2013

Heroin King of Baltimore: The Rise and Fall of Melvin Williams

Directed by Derick Thomas
Money… injustice… redemption

Baltimore City officials asked drug kingpin Melvin Williams to stop the riots happened following Martin Luther King's assassination. After helping the authorities out, Williams was then labeled a threat, framed and incarcerated by a hypocritical society.

Duration

0h 58m

Released

January 1, 2013

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Cast8

  • DJ Fontane
  • DeAndre Wilton
  • Jacqueline Sanders
  • David Cooperman
  • Derick Thomas
  • David Simon
  • Melvin Williams
  • Derick Thomas

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