VIDEO EXCLUSIVE: Michael Mando, James Badge Dale & Ben Foster On Their Epic New Film 'King Ivory' On The Fentanyl Crisis

VIDEO EXCLUSIVE: Michael Mando, James Badge Dale & Ben Foster On Their Epic New Film 'King Ivory' On The Fentanyl Crisis

Michael Mando, James Badge Dale and Ben Foster discussed their new film King Ivory, which explores the fentanyl crisis through the eyes of a drug kingpin and a DEA agent trying to take him down. “You know, I think you prepare the way I always prepare,” Mando told uInterview founder Erik Meers of his character. “You look for the humanity of it all. I like to believe that art, when it’s done at its best, brings people closer together, especially w…

‘King Ivory’ Review – Survival, Loyalty, and Moral Complexity Collide in John Swab’s Unforgiving Portrait of the Fentanyl Epidemic

Based on extensive research with law enforcement, gangs, inmates, migrants, and addicts, King Ivory confronts the fentanyl epidemic head-on, presenting a world where the drug trade touches every corner of society. Writer-director John Swab depicts Tulsa, Oklahoma, as a landscape where no one is untouched: from civilians to criminals to law enforcement, the consequences ripple […]

KING IVORY: Inside John Swab’s Gritty New Film with Michael Mando and James Badge Dale

Writer and director John Swab once again shines a light on the dark corners of America with “King Ivory.” The film is a searing and unflinching look at the fentanyl epidemic gripping communities nationwide. Filmed entirely in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where Swab was born and raised, the story unfolds in the same streets and neighborhoods that […]