Snowfall Series Details Beginnings of Crack Cocaine Epedemic

John Singleton is working harder than he has in a long time. After launching the successful BET series, Rebel, with actress Danielle Moné Truitt, Singleton is taking his talents to FX for another new series, which he has co-created and is co-executive producing. The Snowfall series, which premieres on Wednesday, July 5th illustrates the beginnings of the crack cocaine epidemic in Los Angeles, California.

Snowfall series synopsis
Los Angeles 1983. A storm is coming and its name is crack. 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 know 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 “El Oso” 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 begins an off-book operation to fund the Nicaraguan Contras and Lucia Villanueva (Emily Rios), the self-possessed daughter of a Mexican crime lord.

Created by John Singleton & Eric Amadio and Dave Andron, Snowfall is executive produced by Singleton, Andron, Thomas Schlamme, Amadio, Michael London and Trevor Engelson.

Snowfall premieres Wednesday July 5th at 10p.m. ET/PT on FX.
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