
Narcos(2015)
A gritty chronicle of the war against Colombia's infamously violent and powerful drug cartels.


“This is how crack began.”
Los Angeles. 1983. A storm is coming and its name is crack. Set against the infancy of the crack cocaine epidemic and its ultimate radical impact on the culture as we know it, the story follows numerous characters on a violent collision course.

Damson Idris
Franklin Saint

Carter Hudson
Teddy McDonald

Sergio Peris-Mencheta
Gustavo 'El Oso' Zapata

Michael Hyatt
Cissy Saint

Amin Joseph
Jerome Saint

Angela Lewis
Louanne 'Louie' Jones-Saint

Isaiah John
Leon Simmons

Devyn A. Tyler
Veronique Turner

Alejandro Edda
Ruben

Gail Bean
Wanda Bell
Snowfall is a drama, crime series that first aired in 2017 exploring themes of central intelligence agency (cia), drug abuse, drug crime, gangster, urban, crack cocaine. Created by Julie DeJoie, it stars Damson Idris, Carter Hudson, Sergio Peris-Mencheta. Los Angeles. 1983. A storm is coming and its name is crack. Set against the infancy of the crack cocaine epidemic and its ultimate radical impact on the culture as we know it, the story follows numerous characters on a violent collision course.
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