King Ivory

From civilians to criminals to addicts to law enforcement, and everyone in between, all walks of life intersect in this exposé about the pandemic that is fentanyl; street name: King Ivory. It is business as usual for Tulsa drug cop, Layne West, battling the local criminal element, which hits too close to home when his son, Jack, gets hooked on fentanyl. In conjunction with his partner, Ty, and FBI counterpart, Beatty, West makes it his mission in life to take down those responsible, including the Mexican cartel’s local shot-caller, Ramón Garza, Indian Brotherhood War Chief, Holt Lightfeather, who controls state-wide trafficking while serving life inside the Oklahoma State Penitentiary at McAlester a.k.a. “Big Mac”, and the local Irish Mob family outfit, led by George “Smiley” Greene, along with his mother, Ginger, and uncle, Mickey. As Holt educates West during a prison visit, “The cartels want your kids, the next generation, who want what is new, and fentanyl is new”.

To prepare for this script, I spent time with addicts, government officials, cops, trafficked migrants, criminals, cartel members, and prisoners. My goal was to capture an unapologetic and authentic snapshot of our current reality from all sides. A lot of people from my research have since passed away, been deported, incarcerated, or are still out there. What I came away with was empathy for everyone involved. What faces you don’t recognise in this film are mostly comprised of non-actors. The kids are real kids, never before in front of a camera. The cartel members, gang members, junkies, prisoners, cops—are primarily playing themselves. This wasn’t done to boast, but to get to the truth. To avoid making a movie. And instead, provide a genuine experience for anyone who’s been touched by this. And if we’re lucky, help people understand the full scope of this issue so a solution can be found.

PRODUCTION: Roxwell Films – Jeremy Rosen
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