Turnpike Confidential

<p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Richmond Virginia fall 1956: World War II veteran Eddie Bostic earns his living as a locksmith. It's an honest trade and one he takes pride in something he can't say about his days as a cop or private eye. After quitting the force and getting blacklisted as an investigator Eddie is now as far away from all that as possible. The only problem he's being evicted from his shop and can't afford to lease a new place. </span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>When summoned to the downtown offices of the Richmond-Petersburg Turnpike Authority he learns it's not about eviction or a locksmith job. The word is out that Eddie does side jobs as an unlicensed investigator. When the Authority offers him enough cash for a new shop in exchange for some of his side work Eddie is ambivalent. They're no friend and this is no favor. Eddie's choice will take him down a dark road toward deceit betrayal and murder.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Against a post-war Southern backdrop this journey includes an encounter with a young Martin Luther King Jr. the keynote speaker at a local conference. Several other scenes are set inside the liminal spaces of Richmond's Black district Jackson Ward before the wrecking ball came calling. </span><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Turnpike Confidential</em><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> is an explosive story of race history and injustice in a city that will be changed forever.</span></p>