The Life of Rayful Edmond

The Life of Rayful Edmond Vol. 1 The Rise and Fall
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Directed byKirk Fraser
Written byKirk Fraser
Produced byKirk Fraser
Curtis "Curtbone" Chambers
StarringRayful Edmond
Melvin Middleton
Clarence "Bootney" Green
Curtbone
Arthur Reynolds
Don Scott
Donald "Goose" Gossage
CinematographyKirk Fraser
Edited byKirk Fraser
Music byDamar "G-Cino" Higgs
Production
company
1Man Production
Distributed byMay 3rd Films
Release date
  • July 12, 2005 (2005-07-12)
Running time
75 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Life of Rayful Edmond Vol. 1 The Rise and Fall is a documentary film written and directed by Kirk Fraser.[1] It was released by May 3rd Films on July 12, 2005 in Washington DC.

Cast

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  • Rayful Edmond as himself
  • Melvin Middleton as himself
  • Clarence "Bootney" Green as himself
  • Arthur Reynolds as himself
  • Don Scott as himself
  • Donald "Goose" Gossage as himself
  • Curtis "Curtbone" Chambers as himself
  • Don Choo as Royal Brooks
  • Erica Terpsta as Alta Rae Zanville
  • Clemont Jacob as DEA Agent
  • Sean Lorenzo "AP" as himself

Production

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In the Fall of 2003, Kirk Fraser began pre-production on the film.[2] Curtis "Curtbone" Chambers joined production as Executive Producer in the Winter of 2004, as a former friend and co-defendant of Rayful Edmond, Curtbone also appears in the film as an insider into the Edmond's drug empire. The 75-minute film intertwine interviews, reenactments and archival news footage from his early days of drug dealing to his arrest, and the trial.

The picture started filming in the fall of 2004 and ended during the winter of 2005 in Washington, DC and Maryland. An official marketing campaign for the film began during the 2004 Howard University homecoming and was continued till its release date.

Reception

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The film was sold out within the first two hours from retail stores across the Washington, DC metropolitan area.

References

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  1. ^ "A Drug Kingpin's Hot-Selling Story: DVD on Rayful Edmond III Has Captivated Washington". Retrieved August 1, 2009.[dead link]
  2. ^ DeBonis, Mike (October 29, 2004). "The 'Ful Story: Rayful Edmond III Story soon to be release". Washington Citypaper. Retrieved July 31, 2013.
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