Journalist Gary Webb's true story unfolds in the mid-1990s, as he uncovers the CIA's role in importing massive cocaine shipments into the US, which were sold in ghettos to fund the Nicaraguan Contras. Webb's investigation, "Dark Alliance", sparks a CIA-led smear campaign, putting his integrity, family, and life at risk.

Kill the Messenger
In 1996, journalist Gary Webb investigates a sensational story, revealing the CIA's suspected involvement in smuggling crack cocaine into Los Angeles' African American community in the 1980s to fund the Contras and Nicaraguan rebels.