Snowfall (FX 2017, Damson Idris, Carter Hudson)

Los Angeles 1983. A storm is coming and its name is crack. Snowfall is a one-hour drama set against the infancy of the crack cocaine epidemic and its ultimate radical impact on the culture as we know it. The story follows numerous characters on a violent collision course, including: Franklin Saint (Damson Idris), young street entrepreneur on a quest for power; Gustavo “El Oso” Zapata (Sergio Peris-Mencheta), a Mexican wrestler caught up in a power struggle within a crime family; Teddy McDonald (Carter Hudson), a CIA operative running from a dark past who begins an off-book operation to fund the Nicaraguan Contras and Lucia Villanueva (Emily Rios), the self-possessed daughter of a Mexican crime lord.

cast
Damson Idris as Franklin Saint
Sergio Peris-Mencheta as Gustavo Zapata
Carter Hudson as Teddy McDonald
Emily Rios as Lucia Villanueva
Alon Aboutboul as Avi Drexler
Amin Joseph as Jerome Saint
Andrea Bogart as Mrs. Volpe
Angela Lewis as Louise Saint
Arturo Del Puerto as Rico Santiago
Filipe Valle Costa as Pedro
Isaiah John
Juan Javier Cardenas as Alejandro Usteves
Justine Lupe as Victoria
Malcolm Mays as Leon Simmons
Manuel Uriza as Manuel Villanueva
Michael Hyatt as Sharon “Cissy” Saint
Tim Matheson as George Miller

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other cast info
Andrew Howard as Avi Drexler (Original Pilot)
Billy Magnussen as Logan Miller (Original Pilot)
Camila Banus as Lucia Villanueva (Original Pilot)
DeRay Davis as Jerome Saint (Original Pilot)
Jill Scott as Sharon “Cissy” Saint (Original Pilot)
Lauren London as Louise Saint (Original Pilot)

key behind the scenes crew
Adil El Arbi as Director of Pilot
Bilall Fallah as Director of Pilot
Dave Andron as Creator/Executive Producer
Eric Amadio as Creator/Executive Producer
John Singleton as Creator/Executive Producer/Director of Original Pilot
Michael London as Executive Producer
Thomas Schlamme as Executive Producer
Trevor Engelson as Executive Producer

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show type
period drama

broadcast from
Premieres Wednesday 5 July 2017
1 season with 10 episodes in total

network and production companies
FX – FX Productions – Groundswell Productions – Underground Films

THE EPISODES
SEASON ONE 5 July –
1. PILOT (5 Jul 17)
2. MAKE THEM BIRDS FLY (12 Jul 17)

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