James 'Whitey' Bulger

Context and a Movie:"Black Mass"

The Brian Lehrer Show | Sep 23, 2015

A new film starring Johnny Depp called "Black Mass" tells the real-life story of Whitey Bulger, one of Boston's most notorious mobsters.

T.J. English, journalist, screenwriter and author of Where The Bodies Were Buried: Whitey Bulger And The World That Made Him (William Morrow, 2015), and Slate culture writer Aisha Harris provide the context for the movie.

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