Heroin King of Baltimore: The Rise and Fall of Melvin Williams

Money… injustice… redemption

  • Movie
  • 2013
  • 58m
  • Documentary
  • History

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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Director
Derick Thomas
Starring
DJ Fontane, DeAndre Wilton, Jacqueline Sanders, David Cooperman

Cast

  • DJ Fontane

    Melvin Williams

  • DeAndre Wilton

    Young Melvin

  • Jacqueline Sanders

    Melvin's Mother

  • David Cooperman

    District Attorney

  • Derick Thomas

    Derick Thomas

    Attorney

  • David Simon

    David Simon

    Himself

  • Melvin Williams

    Himself

  • Derick Thomas

    Derick Thomas

    Narrator (voice)

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