White Boy is a 2017 true crime documentary directed by Shawn Rech, written by Brandon Kimber, Seth Ferranti and Scott Burnstein, and produced by Transition Studios.

The documentary follows the story of Richard Wershe Jr., aka “White Boy Rick,” an FBI informant and alleged cocaine kingpin in Detroit in the 1980s, who was sentenced to life in prison.

[1][2][3] Richard Wershe Jr. was 14 years old when he started being groomed as an FBI informant and established as a drug dealer during the crack epidemic in Detroit.

When it was discovered he was underage and agents were filing reports under his father's informant number, the FBI cut ties with him, but he continued to sell cocaine until his arrest a year later at age 17.

His case spawned the Detroit urban legend known as “White Boy Rick.”[5] The documentary White Boy explores the relationships among Wershe Jr., Detroit Mayor Coleman Young, and Detroit city council member Gil Hill through revealing interviews with journalists, police, federal agents, and hit men, in an attempt to discover why Wershe Jr. was denied a parole hearing after the 650 Lifer Law was modified in 1998 to eliminate the life sentence without parole.