WHITE BOY RICK
Rating: R for language throughout, drug content, violence, some sexual references, and brief nudity
Runtime: 1 hr. 51 min.
Director: Yann Demange
Genre: Drama
Cast:
Matthew McConaughey
Richie Merritt
Bel Powley
Jennifer Jason Leigh
Set in 1980s Detroit at the height of the crack epidemic and the War on Drugs, WHITE BOY RICK is based on the moving true story of a blue-collar father and his teenage son, Rick Wershe, who became an undercover police informant and later a drug dealer, before he was abandoned by his handlers and sentenced to life in prison.