Ray: The Rayful Edmond Story: Part 2
2008
Watch it. This is a genuinely wild true-crime story about a drug kingpin who somehow ran an empire from prison—the kind of "you can't make this up" narrative that makes for compulsive viewing. Troy Reed knows how to dig into these stories, and the ironic premise alone (criminal mastermind behind bars outwitting the system) is inherently gripping.
Plot
In 1989, 24-year-old Rayful Edmond was sentenced to 25 years in prison for drug trafficking and homicide, but as director Troy Reed's documentary shows, Edmond didn't let incarceration stop his criminal activities. Coincidence put him in a cell with one of Colombia's biggest cocaine distributors, allowing Edmond to expand his Washington, D.C.–based empire from behind bars. The irony of the ensuing events is as riveting as any Hollywood film.