Quick facts
- Released
- October 24, 2014
- Runtime
- 103 min
- IMDb
- tt3548962
- Country
- Nicaragua, United States
- Language
- English
- Studio
- Al Jazeera America, Blowback Productions, ROYAL Interactive Studios, Continental Media
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Frequently asked questions
- What is Freeway: Crack in the System about?
- FREEWAY: CRACK IN THE SYSTEM tells the story of broken dreams, drug dealers, dirty cops, and government complicity—more compelling than fiction, it’s the real story behind America’s longest war. This documentary by award-winning filmmaker Marc Levin (SLAM, Mr. Untouchable, Brick City) exposes how the infiltration of crack cocaine destroyed inner-city neighborhoods across the country. At the center of it all is the rise, fall and redemption of Freeway Rick Ross, a street hustler who became the King of Crack, and journalist Gary Webb, who broke the story of the CIA’s complicity in the drug war. Featuring exclusive interviews with Freeway Rick Ross, not to be confused with the rapper who took his name Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Gary Webb, his source Coral Baca, and wife Susan Webb former Los Angeles Deputy Sheriff Roberto Juarez drug trafficker Julio Zavala and many more.
- Who directed Freeway: Crack in the System?
- Freeway: Crack in the System was directed by Marc Levin.
- When was Freeway: Crack in the System released?
- Freeway: Crack in the System is a 2014 documentary film.
- Where can I watch Freeway: Crack in the System?
- You can watch Freeway: Crack in the System with full details, cast, and streaming options on 3eyedraven.