Heavy hitting and entertaining to boot. Teaches you a ton and I can not recommend this film enough. I know there is another non-documentary picture out there but I would save your time and just watch this instead.
White Boy
2017
Crime / Documentary
White Boy
2017
Crime / Documentary
87% - Audience
7.2Plot summary
Now the subject of 1980's Detroit street folklore, then 17 year old Richard Wershe, Jr. was said to have run a vicious, sophisticated large-scale inner-city drug operation. He was arrested as a teen and sentenced to life-without parole for a non-violent, juvenile drug offense. He remains imprisoned 30 years later. Now, journalists, police, federal agents and hit men seek to set the record straight on the urban legend known as "White Boy Rick." In this case the truth is even stranger than the legend.
Uploaded by: FREEMAN
Director
Top cast
Tim Allen as Self - Actor
Kid Rock as Self - Character Witness for Richard Wersche Jr.
Nancy Reagan as Self - First Lady of the United States
Tech specs
720p.WEB 1080p.WEB 761.44 MB
1280*720
English 2.0
NR
Movie Reviews
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A must watch!
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Good doc
A short and informative documentary on Detroit's white boy rick and his excessive conviction for drug possession. The interviews were relevant and the storyline had a good flow.
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See this movie! Simple as that.
I haven't seen the 2018 movie White Boy Rick but I seriously doubt that it can be as compelling and amazing to watch as this documentary. I can say I have personal experience with the drug war of the 80 and 90's and so much of the movie rings true.
Politicians, police officers, and more corrupted by money and influence brought in from illegal drugs.
I seriously doubt that the 2018 movie will get away at naming names and pointing fingers at the folks that were possibly corrupted. I just hope this documentary doesn't get mired by lawsuits against it like a few have been.
The interviews are great and are a mix from everyone and I do mean everyone, from FBI, DEA, Judges, Mayors, Police Chiefs, Lawyers, Journalist, Drug dealers, hitmen, family members, and a host of others.
To make matters worst, he was arrested on a non-violent crime at 17 years old with no previous criminal history and too many parties do not want him to see the light of day.