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American Gangster

Original Cable Programming



Network: BET (Black Entertainment Television)Cable Program Format: SeriesCable Content Rating: UnspecifiedCable Program Genre(s): News/Information
AMERICAN GANGSTER chronicles the life and times of some of African-America’s most notorious crime figures. The show will explore without glorifying, and investigate without celebrating, these criminal minded men and women. In the course of each episode their crimes will be put in the context of black history, as we see how their actions both reflected and corrupted the values of their community.  While exploring the lives of gangsters, drug dealers, murderers, and thieves, each AMERICAN GANGSTER episode will have a strong moral dimension. The black victims of these criminals will be heard. Judgment will be passed and amoral behavior censured. Each one-hour episode will blend news footage, photographs, and interviews in a compelling, magazine style.

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