Kill the messenger [videorecording (Blu-ray)] / Focus Features presents a Bluegrass Films production ; a film by Michael Cuesta ; executive producers, Peter Landesman, Pamela Abdy ; executive producers, Don Handfield, Michael Bederman ; produced by Scott Stuber, Naomi Despres, Jeremy Renner ; written by Peter Landesman ; directed by Michael Cuesta.
Jeremy Renner, Rosemarie DeWitt, Ray Liotta, Tim Blake Nelson, Barry Pepper, Oliver Platt, Michael Sheen, Paz Vega, Michael Kenneth Williams, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Andy Garcia, Lucas Hedges, Richard Schiff, Josh Close, Robert Patrick, Yul Vazquez, Gil Bellows, Dan Futterman. Originally released as a motion picture in 2014. Based upon the books "Dark alliance" by Gary Webb and "Kill the messenger" by Nick Schou.
Summary:
Webb stumbles onto a story which leads to the shady origins of the men who started the crack epidemic on the nation's streets, and further alleges that the CIA was aware of major dealers who were smuggling cocaine into the U.S., and using the profits 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.
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