MESSAGE RECEIVED

 

By: C. Harrison

October 10, 2014/6:45PM

It was a packed house of the media core….at the Magic Johnson Theater in Harlem, Wednesday night. There were no empty seat, all occupied.

First the Synopsis:  Two-time academy award nominee Jeremy Renner “The Bourne Legacy” leads an all -star cast in a dramatic thriller on the remarkable true story of Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Gary Webb.  Webb stumbles onto a story which leads to the shady origins of the men who started the crack epidemic on the nation’s street….and further alleges that the CIA was aware of major dealers who were smuggling cocaine into the U.S., and using the profit to arm rebels fighting in Nicaragua. Despite warnings from drug kingpins and CIA operatives to stop his investigation, Webb keeps digging to uncover a conspiracy with explosive implications. His journey takes him from the prisons of California to the villages of Nicaragua to the highest corridors of power in Washington, DC—-and draws the kind of attention that threatens not just his career, but his family and life.

The movie basically strengthens the beliefs that were already out there but, was not called out by the media or said out loud in public. Many in the communities understood what was going on but Webb’s story was never told fully, he died before it could catch breath. He was a courageous journalist and just maybe this story was his calling and why he came to us for a very short time.

After the movie showing….people asked questioned of a panel which included Rick Ross, the poster person of the epidemic-the crack trade back then, even though he was black and had no planes or ships etc. Ross explained how he was Oliver North’s  co-conspirator , yet he was sent to jail and North got called to Hollywood it seemed. This movie showed that Webb did not die in vain, he was the victor and the reason why  drug- dealing in America, while not gone from our streets, has died-down significantly.  which was the best hope. We would preferred that it was gone from the streets all-together and for good.

I implore all to go see the movie.

     

Photos taken by:  C. Harrison

 

At the Magic Johnson Theater in Harlem Thursday Night