‘Monsters and Men’ Trailer: Sundance Award-Winner Follows Police Shooting of Unarmed Black Man
As the world is finally waking up to the realities of black life in America, the movies are following suit. “Fruitvale Station,” Ryan Coogler’s debut feature, borrowed directly from news headlines to explore a killing of an unarmed black man. In “Monsters and Men,” first-time feature director Reinaldo Marcus Green explores similar territory, this time fictionalizing an event that has become all-too familiar. “Monsters and Men” debuted at the Sundance Film Festival in January, 2018, where it picked up a Special Jury Award for Outstanding First Feature. It was picked up by powerhouse distributor Neon, which just released the first trailer ahead of a fall release.
Brian (Waterhead Bo) Bennett So who was the biggest black kingpin of all time? Just how do you measure that? Money, volume of dope, power, cultural impact? Perhaps it was Frank Matthews… you can learn more about him in my documentary “The Frank Matthews Story” link. But in terms of documented transactions that we know about for sure, who was convicted in court: One man stands alone. Brian “Waterhead Bo” Bennett. Bennett and his Colombian Partner, Mario Villabona, were eventually convicted of moving nearly l5 thousand kilos that they talked about on certain wiretaps between December of 1987 and November of 1988. Some of the loads were as large as 1000 kilos and cheaper than $9,000 dollars each wholesale. That’s 1500 keys a month for nearly a year. And that’s just on the wiretapped phones. Who knows how much he really sold in total. Claims are made about this one and that one selling more, but 15,000 keys sold for sure is the most we know about for any black dealer. Waterhead B
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