Crime isn't supposed to pay, but sometimes it does ... to the tune of something like $1 million a week. Screening at the Roxie Theater this week, How to Make Money Selling Drugs (2012) is an unusual documentary that delves into the lives and businesses of big-time drug dealers from their perspectives, and includes candid interviews with dealers themselves, who shares thoughts, stories and hows-tos on making money in the drug trade. Most notable among these is "Freeway" Ricky Ross, the 1980's drug kingpin who claims to have once earned $3 million in one day from drug trafficking.

With a structure somewhere between a how-to video and a video game walk-through, you can learn Ross' tips, along with insights on why the War on Drugs is failing to stymie the illicit drug industry (and may even be helping it).

7:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m.
Roxie Theater
3117 - 16th Street San Francisco
415-863-1087