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Salvatore "Sammy the Bull" Gravano, now 77 years old, stars in a new short film series inspired by his life, The Salvatore, available for streaming at SammyTheBull.com starting July 6. The film follows a man who was born into a life of crime. After more than two decades of imprisonment, Salvatoré, penniless and alone, is released back onto the streets. Having lost his family in a brutal unsolved murder case, Salvatoré is forced to spend the rest of his life without answers, trying to bury his anger and despair. No matter how hard he tries to walk away from "the life," there's no shaking the permanent grip it has on him. Now, the FBI needs his skill set. A serial killer, a man from Salvatoré's past, is operating in the area and holds a secret that Salvatoré is desperate to know.

Salvatore Gravano, born and raised in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, fell into crime at an early age. Around the age of ten, his bicycle was stolen by several older bullies. A group of mobsters watching from a cafe when he confronted the thieves remarked how little Sammy fought “like a bull” while taking on several larger kids at once, earning him the nickname “The Bull.” Despite his father’s attempts to dissuade him, Gravano drifted into the Cosa Nostra. Eventually Gravano would be named by John Gotti as underboss of the Gambino family, becoming one of the most powerful and notorious figures in the New York mafia.