The Nine Lives of Marion Barry trailer

Many people remember Marion Barry as the philandering, drug-addled mayor of Washington, D.C., who was famously caught in a 1990 FBI sting operation. Yet others know him as a folk hero, civil rights champion and defender of the poor. THE NINE LIVES OF MARION BARRY recounts the ongoing saga of this despised, beloved and resilient politician when it debuts MONDAY, AUG. 10 9:00p.m. ET/PT, exclusively on HBO.