Without Bias (2009) on Netflix
Len Bias, a University of Maryland basketball star, goes to the Boston Celtics as a 1986 NBA lottery pick. Two days later he dies of a cocaine overdose.
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Plot summary
A star at the University of Maryland who the Boston Celtics take in the 1986 NBA Draft, Len Bias dies two days later of a cocaine overdose. The documentary gathers his teammates, friends and family, along with sport journalists, to look back at his college career and to give first-hand accounts of his final hours. It also follows what came after: the public outcry over his death influenced drug policy in the mid-1980s, and the mandatory minimum sentences that followed still shape how later generations are punished. It asks how good Bias might have been among professionals, and whether his fatal night came after one use of cocaine or a longer pattern of recreational use.
Cast
- Marion Barry Jr.as Himself - Fmr. Mayor of Washington D.C. 1979-1991, 1995-1999
- Jeff Baxteras Himself - Teammate, Maryland 1982-86
- Eric Biasas Himself - Len Bias' Brother
- James Biasas Himself - Len Bias' Father
- Jay Biasas Himself (archive footage)
- Len Biasas Himself (archive footage)
- Lonise Biasas Herself - Len Bias' Mother
- Kevin Blackistoneas Himself - Sport Journalist / Author
- James Brownas Himself (Sport Journalist)
- Steve Buckhantzas Himself (Sport Journalist)
- Pat Collinsas Himself - WRC NBC 4 News Reporter
- Derrick Curryas Himself - Victim of Mandatory Minimums
