Film
Heroin King of Baltimore: The Rise and Fall of Melvin Williams
2013 · 58m · Documentary · History
Money… injustice… redemption
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Overview
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.
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Cast
DJ Fontane
Melvin Williams
DeAndre Wilton
Young Melvin
Jacqueline Sanders
Melvin's Mother
David Cooperman
District Attorney
Derick Thomas
Attorney
David Simon
Himself
Melvin Williams
Himself
Derick Thomas
Narrator (voice)
Crew
- Derick ThomasDirector · Writer · Editor · Producer · Director of Photography
- Marjorie MorganProducer
- DJ FontaneOriginal Music Composer
- Jeff ThompsonOriginal Music Composer
- Jeremiah ReadOriginal Music Composer
Media
Details
- Release date
- January 1, 2013
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 58m
- Genres
- Documentary, History
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