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Jimmy Hoffa Docuseries In The Works At Village Roadshow From Erik Nelson
Notorious mob consort Jimmy Hoffa is the subject of a new docuseries. Hoffa, who led the Teamsters for around 15 years in the late ‘50s and ‘60s, disappeared on July 30, 1975, with many believing t…
He was also convicted of jury tampering, attempted bribery, conspiracy and mail fraud in 1964 and was sentenced to 13 years in prison in 1967 before being commuted by President Nixon in 1971. Hoffa’s son James P. Hoffa, said, “For so many years the world has focused on my father’s tragic demise, when the real story – how a boy living in depression era Indiana coal country with a widowed mother rose up in Detroit to become the president of, without argument, the most powerful union in America – has never really been told. It has all the elements of a captivating drama with power struggle, corruption, and a high-profile disappearance that also aligns with the kinds of impactful stories about notable, cultural figures that we want to tell,” added Shannon Perry, Village Roadshow Television’s EVP, Reality & Production Services.
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