![]() ![]() ![]() Working with Ross’ full cooperation, Levin reveals how Ross quickly built himself up from low-level street dealer to a multi-millionaire drug kingpin, and in the process became part of the infamous Iran-Contra affair that implicated President Ronald Reagan and senior administration officials in an illegal drug money for arms sales scheme. Levin’s wide-ranging chronicle explores the rise of crack cocaine in the 1980s, focusing on the experiences of “Freeway” Rick Ross, a former tennis hopeful whose illiteracy cost him his college athlete dreams, and ultimately led him to drug dealing. It will be broadcast in two parts on Al Jazeera America next month. ![]() Marc Levin’s profile of the man who found himself in the center of America’s crack epidemic had its world premiere at Los Angeles’ Pan African Film Festival this past weekend. Coming to NYC’s Stranger Than Fiction series tomorrow, Tuesday, February 10: FREEWAY: CRACK IN THE SYSTEM ![]()
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