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Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play   This documentary (mainly narrated by Williams himself) chronicles the life of former drug trafficker Melvyn Williams who amassed nearly half a billion dollars during the 70s and 80s In the 60s he was a genius gambler who at age 12 played against gang members and crime bosses winning thousands of dollars By age 15 Williams was a millionaire and had established himself as a figure on Pennsylvania Ave For Melvin this marked the beginning of a long struggle that ultimately would end with him spending 26 years behind bars After his release from prison he starred as The Deacon on HBO&39;s The Wire   Melvin starred in Season Three of HBO&39;s The Wire as &39;The Deacon&39; Baltimore was the setting for HBO&39;s acclaimed series The Wire Drug and Crime documentaries are the most watched on History and Biography Channels

Documentary about former Baltimore drug trafficker and organised crime figure Melvin Williams. Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, Melvin amassed a huge fortune while profiting from the illegal trade of heroin and cocaine in his native city. It wasn't long before his illicit dealings drew the attention of the authorities and in 1984 he was caught and shortly after incarcerated for 26 years. Wiliams' life and underground status has also served as inspiration for the character of Avon Barksdale in HBO's 'The Wire' (2002), an award-winning Baltimore-based crime drama, of which he would later take an acting role in.