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'''''The Life of Rayful Edmond''''' Vol. 1 The Rise and Fall is a documentary film written and directed by [[Kirk Fraser]].<ref>{{cite news|title=A Drug Kingpin's Hot-Selling Story: DVD on Rayful Edmond III Has Captivated Washington|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/21/AR2005072102517 |
'''''The Life of Rayful Edmond''''' Vol. 1 The Rise and Fall is a documentary film written and directed by [[Kirk Fraser]].<ref>{{cite news|title=A Drug Kingpin's Hot-Selling Story: DVD on Rayful Edmond III Has Captivated Washington|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/21/AR2005072102517|accessdate=August 1, 2009}}</ref> It was released on July 12, 2005 in Washington DC. |
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The true king of cocaine. At his peak he sold 2,000 keys a week, reaped gross profits of $70 million a month, and ran an operation with over 150 soldiers to support him. In his life champagne flowed like water, trips to Vegas, New York, and Los Angeles were the norm, and $150,000 shopping sprees were nothing. At the height of Washington, D.C.s brutal crack epidemic in 1987, there was a 22 year old man responsible for distributing 90% percent of Columbian Cocaine onto the citys streets. This man is Rayful Edmond III. In the medias eyes he was guilty until proven innocent, but in the streets eyes he was a hero who made it to the top. This is his story. |
The true king of cocaine. At his peak he sold 2,000 keys a week, reaped gross profits of $70 million a month, and ran an operation with over 150 soldiers to support him. In his life champagne flowed like water, trips to Vegas, New York, and Los Angeles were the norm, and $150,000 shopping sprees were nothing. At the height of Washington, D.C.s brutal crack epidemic in 1987, there was a 22 year old man responsible for distributing 90% percent of Columbian Cocaine onto the citys streets. This man is Rayful Edmond III. In the medias eyes he was guilty until proven innocent, but in the streets eyes he was a hero who made it to the top. This is his story.<ref>{{cite database|title=The Rayful Edmond|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1220567/</ref> |
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| The Life of Rayful Edmond Vol. 1 The Rise and Fall | |
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| Directed by | Kirk Fraser |
| Written by | Kirk Fraser |
| Produced by | Kirk Fraser Curtis "Curtbone" Chambers |
| Starring | Rayful Edmond Melvin Middleton Clarence "Bootney" Green Curtbone Arthur Reynolds Don Scott Donald "Goose" Gossage |
| Cinematography | Kirk Fraser |
| Edited by | Kirk Fraser |
| Music by | Damar "G-Cino" Higgs |
Production company | 1Man Production |
| Distributed by | May 3rd Films Collection |
Release date | July 12, 2005 |
Running time | 75 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The Life of Rayful Edmond Vol. 1 The Rise and Fall is a documentary film written and directed by Kirk Fraser.[1] It was released on July 12, 2005 in Washington DC.
Plot
The true king of cocaine. At his peak he sold 2,000 keys a week, reaped gross profits of $70 million a month, and ran an operation with over 150 soldiers to support him. In his life champagne flowed like water, trips to Vegas, New York, and Los Angeles were the norm, and $150,000 shopping sprees were nothing. At the height of Washington, D.C.s brutal crack epidemic in 1987, there was a 22 year old man responsible for distributing 90% percent of Columbian Cocaine onto the citys streets. This man is Rayful Edmond III. In the medias eyes he was guilty until proven innocent, but in the streets eyes he was a hero who made it to the top. This is his story.[2]
Cast
- Rayful Edmond as Himself
- Melvin Middleton as Himself
- Clarence "Bootney" Green as Himself
- Arthur Reynolds as Himself
- Don Scott as Himself
- Donald "Goose" Gossage as Himself
- Curtis "Curtbone" Chambers as Himself
- Don Choo as Royal Brooks
- Erica Terpsta as Alta Rae Zanville
- Clemont Jacob as DEA Agent
Production
In the Fall of 2003, Kirk Fraser began his research into Edmond's life, he started with news clippings, then moving to the transcripts and files from the 1989 federal trial.[3]Curtis "Curtbone" Chambers joined production as Executive Producer in the Winter of 2004, as a former friend and co-defendant of Rayful Edmond, Curtbone also appears in the film as an insider into the Edmond's drug empire. The 75-minute film intersperses interviews, archival news footage and other traditional documentary elements with reenactments of assorted events in Edmond's life, from his earliest drug deals to his eventual arrest.
The picture started filming in the fall of 2004 and ended during the winter of 2005 in Washington, DC and Maryland. An official marketing campaign for the film began during the 2004 Howard University homecoming and was continued till it's release date.
Reception
The film was sold out within the first two hours from retail stores across the Washington, DC metropolitan area.[4]
References
- ^ "A Drug Kingpin's Hot-Selling Story: DVD on Rayful Edmond III Has Captivated Washington". Retrieved August 1, 2009.
- ^ {{cite database|title=The Rayful Edmond|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1220567/
- ^ DeBonis, Mike (October 29, 2004). "The 'Ful Story: Rayful Edmond III Story soon to be release". Washington Citypaper. Retrieved July 31, 2013.
- ^ Cauvin, Henri E. (July 22, 2005). "A Drug Kingpin's Hot-Selling Story: DVD on Rayful Edmond III Has Captivated Washington". Washington Post. Retrieved August 1, 2009.