Film · Documentary, History
Heroin King of Baltimore: The Rise and Fall of Melvin Williams (2013)
Money… injustice… redemption
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.
- Director
- Derick Thomas
- Writers
- Derick Thomas
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Release date
- January 1, 2013
Cast
- DJ FontaneMelvin Williams
- DeAndre WiltonYoung Melvin
- Jacqueline SandersMelvin's Mother
- David CoopermanDistrict Attorney
Derick ThomasAttorney
David SimonHimself- Melvin WilliamsHimself
- Derick ThomasNarrator (voice)
