White Boy Rick
“In 1980s Detroit, Ricky Wersche Jr. was a street hustler, FBI informant and drug kingpin—all before he turned 16.”
CrimeDrama
The story of Richard Wershe Jr., a teenager who became an undercover informant for the police during the 1980s, and was ultimately arrested for drug trafficking and sentenced to life in prison.
VIBE
This film immerses you in the grim, desperate atmosphere of 1980s Detroit. It feels like a slow, tragic descent, painting a bleak picture of systemic failures and the heavy cost of survival. The mood is melancholic, a raw and unvarnished look at a life caught in an unforgiving cycle.
grittytragicdesperatemelancholicbleaksteadygritty realism80s period pieceurban dramacharacter-drivensystemic injusticepovertyfamily loyaltyloss of innocencecorruption
war on drugsdrug traffickingfbibased on true storyinformantdetroit, michigan1980s
