ACTOR ISAIAH JOHN TALKS "SNOWFALL" SEASON FOUR & JOHN SINGLETON WITH TANISHA LAVERNE GRANT (3707 hits)
Actor Isaiah John of the FX hit show "Snowfall" sits down with multi award winning entertainment journalist Tanisha LaVerne Grant to discuss his journey as an actor and the legacy of the late Oscar nominated director John Singleton the show's creator and executive producer.
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.
Created by John Singleton & Eric Amadio and Dave Andron, Snowfall is executive produced by Singleton, Andron, Thomas Schlamme, Amadio, Michael London and Trevor Engelson.
