FROM BET's ALL-ORIGINAL CRIME DOCUMENTARY SERIES - THE COMPLETE 1st SEASON AMERICAN GANGSTER is BET's critically acclaimed, highly rated crime docu-series that explores the historical, socio-economic and political context surrounding the rise and fall of 9 notorious African-American criminal minds. These are not just your two-bit hustlers...One modeled his organization after the management structure of General Motors. Another studied gemology to be well versed and blend in among an elite audience of jewelers and high end collectors. Another was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize and the Nobel Prize in Literature for children's books before he was eventually executed. Stanley "Tookie" Williams, "Freeway" Rick Ross, Leroy "Nicky" Barnes, Troy & Dino Smith, The Chambers Brothers and Lorenzo "Fat Cat" Nichols. Are the lives of these men cautionary tales that illustrate what can happen when dreams are deferred and opportunities limited? Or were they lawless thugs who got what they deserved in the end? What was the catalyst for their life of crime? How does their story begin and end? This groundbreaking series digs deeper to answer these and other poignant questions. NARRATED BY: VING RHAMES LENGTH: 180 MINUTES NUMBER OF DISCS: 2