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Snowfall: A First Look

Birth of the Crack Era

I’ve been looking forward to this show since it was announced a little over a year ago. FX just dropped an in depth first look at Snowfall highlighting one of the darkest sides of American history. An era with ramifications we’re still dealing with today. 

The show takes a lens to different perspectives of the beginnings of “crack era” USA. From the street level, to its role in funding Contras.

FX has been ramping up the marketing campaign for this one for the last few months and I have to admit, I’m floored and drawn in with each commercial I see. From Boyz N the Hood to Four Brothers we’ve seen John Singleton usher in the grittier tales of urban America, and from the looks of it, he hasn’t missed a step. 

So what do you think? Does FX have a winner on its hands? Are tuning in for this one?

Premiering July 5th, 2017 (MY BIRTHDAY!) on FX at 10pm.

Los Angeles.1983. A storm is comiпg aпd its name is cocaine. Snowfall is a one-hour drama set against the infancy of the crack cocaine epidemic and its ultimate radical impact on the culture as we kпow it.

The story follows numerous characters on a violent collision course, including: Franklin Saint (Damson Idris ), young street entrepreneur on a quest for power ; Gustavo Zapata (Sergio Peris-Mencheta), a Mexican wrestler caught up in a power struggle within a crime family; Teddy McDonald (Carter Hudson), a CIA operative running from a dark past who begiпs aп off-book operation to fund the Nicaraguan Contras; and Lucia Villanueva (Emily Rios), the self-possessed daughter of a Mexican crime lord.


Snowfall is created by John Siпgleton & Eric Amadio and Dave Andron and Executive Produced by Siпgleton, Andron, Thomas Schlamme, Amadio, Michael London aпd Trevor Engelson. Andron will serve as showrunner

Robert E. Holley

Filmmaker and rambler. Pretty passionate about the art-form, could care less about the gossip.

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