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

Money… injustice… redemption

2013•58m

DocumentaryHistory

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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Da Vision Pictures

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Cast

DJ Fontane

Melvin Williams

DeAndre Wilton

Young Melvin

Jacqueline Sanders

Melvin's Mother

David Cooperman

District Attorney

Derick Thomas

Attorney

David Simon

Himself

Melvin Williams

Himself

Derick Thomas

Narrator (voice)

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