‘Marion Barry’
courtesy of ‘cliff1066’
Set your TiVos, everyone. The Nine Lives of Marion Barry premieres on HBO tonight at 9pm. The 80 minute documentary covers Barry’s career from his start as a civil rights activist in the 1960s through to current day, through the beginnings of Home Rule in DC, to his crushing conviction for crack possession and use, through his resurgence & re-election to the City Council. The documentary does not cover the latest chapter with his girlfriends who were given city money, but as with all good things in movies: there’s plenty of room for a sequel.
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