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American Gangster is a documentary television series that aired on BET. 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 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.
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 history of Black cinema is just as diverse, and thanks to streaming (for all its faults), film fans can watch films and documentaries made by both legendary and up-and-coming Black filmmakers.
Drug Lords explores real-life drug-dealing cartels and kingpins such as Pablo Escobar, El Chapo, the Cali Cartel, Frank Lucas and the Pettingill Clan by interviews from officers, gang members and journalists as well as dramatized re-enactments of certain events.
Meanwhile, Irish gangster Bugs Moran targets those closest to Capone. On March 7, 1928, Moran puts a hit on Jack McGurn who killed Hymie Weiss, but he survives the shooting. Capone wants to take out Moran's gang all at once, so he devises a meticulous plan. First, he hires Sicilian hitmen, John Scalise and Albert Anselmi. Then to get Moran's ...
The Sons of Sam: A Descent Into Darkness is a 2021 docuseries that premiered on Netflix on May 5, 2021. [1] The show profiles Maury Terry, a journalist who spent 40 years trying to prove that the notorious serial killer David Berkowitz did not act alone. [2] The series is directed by Joshua Zeman and features Paul Giamatti as the voice of Maury ...
Further prompting upset is that one non-Black gang member of color in the film — a man named Cortez (played by Mexican American actor Julio César Cedillo) — meets an early end in the two-hour ...