White Boy (2017)
- Directed by
- Shawn Rech, Shawn Rech
- Genre
- documentary
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 22m
- Rated
- 12
- Rating
- 7.0 of 10 from 47 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This documentary follows a young man who becomes an FBI informant and drug dealer in 1980s Detroit. It shows how he gets caught up in the criminal justice system and receives a life sentence.
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What happens
White Boy is a 2017 true crime documentary directed by Shawn Rech, written by Brandon Kimber, Seth Ferranti and Scott Burnstein, and produced by Transition Studios. The documentary follows the story of Richard Wershe Jr., aka "White Boy Rick", an FBI informant and alleged cocaine kingpin in Detroit in the 1980s, who was sentenced to life in prison. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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