Black Market with Michael K Williams Taps Tracy Morgan, Rosie Perez, and Felicia "Snoop" Pearson to Narrate Last 3 Episodes
BLACK MARKET with Michael K. Williams is the revered actor’s final documentary project. The six-episode series returns to VICE TV on January 10th @ 10 PM ET/PT.
Black Market explores the complex underworld of illicit trades and unravels how these criminal networks are reshaping our way of life. Offering an unflinching look into the lives of people operating in these illegal markets, host Michael K. Williams goes deep inside these shadow economies with access to major players in the game to find out how these black markets impact all of us.
The new season is an intimate portrait of Williams and will give audiences unprecedented access into the new era of credit card scamming, how NYC’s secret world of boosting and flipping has reshaped mainstream fashion, black market body modifications and more. Through Williams’ uniquely raw and sincere approach to those he encounters, he ultimately seeks redemption for the individuals looking to thrive in a system that has failed them.
Michael K. Williams was in active production on season 2 of Black Market when he sadly passed away last September. To help finish the six- episode season, the show team tapped The Wire's Felicia 'Snoop' Pearson, Tracy Morgan, and Rosie Perez to help voice over the last three episodes Michael was unable to finish.
Pearson met Williams in a Baltimore club and the two became incredibly close. Williams invited her to the set of The Wire and introduced her to the writers and the producers. After subsequent auditions, Snoop was offered a role in the series. Of her performance, Stephen King called her "perhaps the most terrifying female villain to ever appear in a television series.”
Michael K. Williams has an underground rendezvous in Miami with a big time crew of scammers who are cashing out on a lucrative unemployment fraud scam. In this contentious meeting, the anonymous head of the operation slams a stack of fraudulent credit cards on the table alongside his live firearms in an attempt to show how much more impressive their hauls are than any local drug dealer. Throughout the episode, Michael K. Williams meets with numerous individuals with ties to the game to learn what the latest scam is and why people enter this lifestyle. Some of the main culprits are the youngstreet-genius- entrepreneurs who evolved from selling drugs into stealing identities and printing credit cards to fund a wild, cash-rich lifestyle.