A true to life biographical exploration into the life of crystal meth chef employed by the Hells Angels of Vancouver. SITES gives you a cinematic retelling of his time riding high in the crystal meth trade in Vancouver, Canada. This story which was heavily covered in the media led to Ryan spending 7 years in jail, of a 9 year, two sentence stretch. It was at his sentencing the judge acknowledged his rehabilitation process after reading a letter Ryan wrote. After his incarceration SITES left Vancouver and moved to London leaving the gangster lifestyle behind him. “I’m just story telling talking about a chapter of my life in the drug trade and how I got busted – As soon as I heard the beat I knew the content was going to be crystal meth related. I was going to talk about my past and what I was involved in…” The scenes, which took a year to be filmed were in an abandoned building in UK, the bikers were in Spain, and the the live show was filmed at a show he did in Italy . This dark trap beat by Curtiss King (who’s worked with Kendrick Lamar, Ab-Soul) felt like it was right for this story and allowed me to open up more”
Here are some news stories about the whole affair in CBC from 2008 and the Daily Mail from 2013.
