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The show features some of Black America's most infamous and powerful gangsters and organized crime groups. [1] It is narrated by Ving Rhames. The series premiere, on November 28, 2006, amassed around one million viewers. The first season ended on January 9, 2007, and comprised 6 episodes; a season 1 DVD was released on October 23, 2007.
Trigger Warning with Killer Mike is an American television docuseries on Netflix. [1] The six-episode first season was released on January 18, 2019. [2] [3] The show, hosted by rapper Killer Mike, explores issues in America that affect the black community, including drugs, gangs, religion, and poverty.
The Kings of Tupelo is a crime drama series that weaves together a complex narrative involving a small-town feud, internet conspiracy, Elvis impersonation, black market organ trafficking, and a presidential assassination attempt, all set against the backdrop of a jaw-dropping scandal in Mississippi.
Crips and Bloods: Made in America is a 2008 documentary by Stacy Peralta that examines the rise of the Crips and Bloods, prominent gangs in America who have been at war with each other. The documentary focuses on the external factors that caused African-American youth to turn to gangs and questions the political and law enforcement response to ...
Pages in category "Documentary films about African-American gangs" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
In the 1999 film Life, musician Rick James plays a Harlem gangster, "Spanky Johnson", who was loosely inspired by Bumpy Johnson. In the 2007 film American Gangster, Johnson is portrayed by Clarence Williams III. In the 2018 Netflix documentary series Drug Lords, Johnson was featured in the third episode of the first season.
Grand Theft Auto V (2013) is mostly centered around Black American organized crime, with one of the main protagonists of the game, Franklin Clinton, being part of a Black American gang. Among the antagonists in Watch Dogs (2014) are the Black Viceroys, who were originally a civil-rights group until they turned to crime after their founder was ...
BMF (or Black Mafia Family) is an American crime drama television series created by Randy Huggins, which follows the Black Mafia Family, a drug trafficking and money laundering organization. The series premiered on September 26, 2021, on Starz .