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Narco cultura

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Filmmaker Shaul Schwarz exposes the cycle of addiction to money, drugs and violence surrounding the war on drugs.
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Critics Consensus

Disturbing, thought-provoking, and timely, Narco Cultura sheds some crucial light on an important -- and underserved -- subject.

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Peter Rainer Christian Science Monitor Dec 13, 2013
A-
Photojournalist Shaul Schwarz's powerful documentary Narco Cultura gets inside the world of two men who, in very different ways, inhabit this horror. Go to Full Review Marc Savlov Austin Chronicle Dec 6, 2013
4/5
It's impossible to watch Shaul Schwarz's grueling documentary about the Mexican drug wars and their influence on the whole of Mexican society without wondering how on earth such a hell on earth could have erupted right in our back yard. Go to Full Review Justin Lowe The Hollywood Reporter Dec 6, 2013
This issue-based journalism piece yields diminishing returns the deeper it digs. Go to Full Review Morgan Rojas Cinemacy Mar 1, 2019
Narco Cultura is not for the weak of stomach, but if you can get past all the blood and dead bodies, it is one of the most eye-opening and critically disturbing films of 2013. Go to Full Review Steve Erickson Nashville Scene Mar 1, 2019
... I've never seen a more gut-wrenching indictment of the costs of criminalizing drugs. Go to Full Review John Powers NPR's Fresh Air May 17, 2018
At first, I feared that Schwarz was doing something worthy but obvious: showing how narcocorrido songs and movies make people rich by falsifying the horrific reality of the drug biz. But gradually you realize that things aren't so simple. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Geke g @RT40239519 Aug 20, 2024 Best well presented documentary See more Kae T @RT28472826 Aug 20, 2024 Intended for mature audience, the movie sends its message very well and the disturbing truth lying behind it See more Bulgantamir B @RT36664197 Aug 2, 2024 It was very interesting See more Munkhjargal A @RT28084692 Jul 28, 2024 This movie shows what is wrong in the society. It is a film that the director was able to openly show about these issues such as drugs and violence See more Bahad j @RT27093708 Jul 27, 2024 In my opinion, I felt that the movie was very good, behind all this, the filmmaker was able to come up with the right festive details to congratulate the members of the behind-the-scenes team. See more Бавуу Э @RT26109709 Jul 27, 2024 Filmmaker Shaul Schwarz exposes the cycle of addiction to money, drugs and violence surrounding the war on drugs. See more Read all reviews
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Shaul Schwarz

Director

Todd Hagopian

Producer

Lars Knudsen

Producer

Jay Van Hoy

Producer

Jeremy Turner

Original Music

Bryan Chang

Film Editing

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Movie Info

Synopsis Filmmaker Shaul Schwarz exposes the cycle of addiction to money, drugs and violence surrounding the war on drugs.
Director
Shaul Schwarz
Producer
Todd Hagopian, Lars Knudsen, Jay Van Hoy
Distributor
Cinedigm
Production Co
Parts & Labor
Rating
R (Drug Material|Disturbing Violent Content|Brief Nudity|Grisly Graphic Images|Language)
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Nov 22, 2013, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Aug 10, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA)
$144.4K
Runtime
1h 43m
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