American Gangster

Épisode 1 - Stanley Tookie Williams

28 novembre 2006 - 4/5

He was a Nobel Peace Prize nominee, he worked with troubled youth and he co-founded one of the most infamous gangs that continues to terrorize the Black community nationwide. His life is documented in this installment.

Épisode 2 - Freeway Ricky Ross

5 décembre 2006

This installment chronicles Ross' rise and fall in narcotics distribution and his unusual connection to the Reagan-era CIA/Iran-Contras controversy.

Épisode 3 - Leroy Nicky Barnes

12 décembre 2006

This installment chronicles Barnes' life addiction to heroine beginning in the 1950s. He is now known as the most notorious snitch in history.

Épisode 4 - Troy & Dino Smith

19 décembre 2006

This installment explores the Smiths' rise from teen criminals to masterminds of some of Bay Area's most cunning crimes.

Épisode 5 - The Chambers Brothers

26 décembre 2006

Billy Joe, Larry, Willie and Otis Chambers are some of the most notorious drug lords in America. This installment chronicles their high points and their fall in 1988 because Larry videotaped the drug deals, and the tapes were found.

Épisode 6 - Lorenzo 'Fat Cat' Nichols

2 janvier 2007

This installment shows what Queens, NY was really like when Nichols roamed the streets.

Épisode 1 - Philly Black Mafia

3 octobre 2007

Black Mafia was the most feared force in Philadelphia’s criminal Black underworld. One of the most ambitious criminal enterprises in the history of Black America, the group extorted, hustled, plundered and murdered with impunity. It also maneuvered skillfully through many worlds, shielding itself inside the Nation of Islam, conning politicians and other leaders, and devising multiple layers of protection and cover.

Épisode 2 - Larry Hoover

10 octobre 2007

“King” Larry Hoover is the architect of Chicago’s largest and most powerful street organization, the Gangster Disciples. This installment presents a complex portrait of a complex man, including interviews with federal prosecutors, former associates of the Gangster Disciples, Larry Hoover’s son, his wife - and Hoover himself.

Épisode 3 - Melvin Williams

17 octobre 2007

Before he was old enough to shave, “Little Melvin” Williams possessed a genius I.Q. and was a prodigy in the gambling haunts and alleyways along glittering Pennsylvania Avenue. His exploits helped inspire the hit series “The Wire.” On this episode of ‘American Gangster’ he tells his story, his way.

Épisode 4 - The D.C. Snipers

24 octobre 2007

In October, 2002, the ‘D.C. Snipers’ introduced a new kind of terror to the US. public. For three weeks, the killers shot people at random - ordinary citizens doing the most mundane things - shopping, pumping gas, waiting for a bus. John Muhammad, 42, was a deranged dad on a mission to get back his kids. Lee Boyd Malvo, 17, was a homeless juvenile desperate for a father – who John Muhammad methodically transformed into a boy soldier.

Épisode 5 - Frank Lucas

31 octobre 2007

Frank Lucas is the subject of a blockbuster movie, also titled "American Gangster," starring Denzel Washington as Lucas and Russell Crowe as the detective and prosecutor Ritchie Roberts, who helped bring him to justice. In this episode of BET's "American Gangster," Lucas faces the camera himself and tells his story – with an assist from the real Ritchie Roberts.

Épisode 6 - Felix Mitchell

7 novembre 2007

Felix Mitchell, Jr. was Oakland, California’s first major heroin kingpin – and in 1986 he had the funeral to prove it. TV cameras rolled as Felix’s body was transported in a horse-drawn carriage through the streets of East Oakland before awestruck local residents, with 17 Rolls Royces following in procession. Twenty years later, rappers Too Short and Yukmouth, former rival Mickey Moore, former Oakland mayor Elihu Harris, and others help "American Gangster" revisit the life and times of Felix Michell Jr.

Épisode 7 - Jeff Fort & The Blackstone Rangers

14 novembre 2007 - 5/5

Before there were Crips and Bloods, there were the Blackstone Rangers – and Jeff Fort was the group's leader. Starting as a small group of teens from the Woodlawn neighborhood of Chicago, the Rangers absorbed countless rival gangs based largely on Fort’s remarkable leadership and organizing abilities. In 1986, Fort was tried for promising to commit acts of domestic terrorism in return for money from Libyan dictator Moammar Khadafy. He was found guilty and sentenced to 80 years, which he’s currently serving in a maximum security federal prison.

Épisode 8 - Charles Chaz Williams

21 novembre 2007

In the 1970s, Charles “Chaz” Williams went well beyond traditional hustles by robbing over 60 banks in several states. Decades later, Chaz - or Slim as he is known on the streets - takes ‘American Gangster’ on a personal tour of his life’s journey, including how he continued his bank-robbing escapades after going to jail under the blanket protection of the prison work release program.

Épisode 9 - Rayful Edmond III

28 novembre 2007

To many in his home town of Washington D.C., he was public enemy No. 1 during his 1980s reign as the city’s biggest cocaine and crack dealer. However, Rayful Edmond III says he was only trying to help his family live a better life and enjoy the finer things life had to offer.

Épisode 10 - Kenneth Supreme McGriff

5 décembre 2007

Kenneth “Supreme” McGriff's long, strange journey led him to form a Queens-based drug ring, The Supreme Team. Once released from prison he became a friend and associate of music entrepreneur Irv "Gotti" Lorenzo, and re-invented himself as a movie producer with "Crime Partners," the first Goines novel to be made into a film, and featuring Snoop Dogg, Ice-T, and Ja Rule. However, his newfound career ended abruptly when he was charged and convicted for ordering deadly hits on two rivals, and sentenced to life in prison without parole.

Épisode 1 - Larry Davis

23 octobre 2008

Épisode 2 - Monster Kody

30 octobre 2008

Épisode 3 - Midget Molly

6 novembre 2008

Épisode 4 - Cornell Jones

13 novembre 2008

Épisode 5 - J. Edgar Hoover

20 novembre 2008

Épisode 6 - Guy Fisher

27 novembre 2008

Épisode 7 - Willie Lloyd

4 décembre 2008

Épisode 8 - The Shower Posse

11 décembre 2008

Épisode 9 - Romper Room Gang

15 janvier 2009

This group of notorious homegrown bank robbers, from the troubled Bay Area suburb of Vallejo, robbed dozens of banks in that area in the mid-'90s.

Épisode 10 - Mutulu Shakur

22 janvier 2009

This group of notorious homegrown bank robbers, from the troubled Bay Area suburb of Vallejo, robbed dozens of banks in that area in the mid-'90s.