White Boy

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.

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.

Growing up in Detroit; YBI till I die was graffitied on shuttered homes. Tony Jack sightings at Paul's Chop House were a thing of substance. People knew Gil Hill for the Beverly Hills Cop films, we knew him because of Damion Lucas. And above all Coleman Young was the MFIC. After Rick Wershe, White Boy Rick was a nick name given to any white boy in the neighborhood who sold a nickel bag, little did we know the reality and intrigue behind the name. This film goes in depth on this urban legend of a story we heard as kids. It's engaging and informative. I had no clue how this story came together and my mind is blown. Amazing documentary.

This is a well done documentary and should be seen by anyone that is not already aware of how our government really works. It might be shocking to some people, but it par for the course to anyone that already know how our government works.

An raw look at the the corrupt Detroit political machine and all the hypocritical politicians that drove that city into the ground. White Boy gives insight into a criminal organization that stretched into the highest reaches of the Detroit power structure. Unfortunately, White Boy's story is an important lesson on the political corruption most major American cities contend with to this day.