Narco cultura

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Narco cultura

R

2013

1h 43m

Documentary

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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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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

12/13/2013

A-

Photojournalist Shaul Schwarz's powerful documentary Narco Cultura gets inside the world of two men who, in very different ways, inhabit this horror.

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Marc Savlov

Austin Chronicle

12/06/2013

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.

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Justin Lowe

The Hollywood Reporter

12/06/2013

This issue-based journalism piece yields diminishing returns the deeper it digs.

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Morgan Rojas

Cinemacy

03/01/2019

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.

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Steve Erickson

Nashville Scene

03/01/2019

... I've never seen a more gut-wrenching indictment of the costs of criminalizing drugs.

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John Powers

NPR's Fresh Air

05/17/2018

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.

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Geke g

@RT40239519 08/20/2024

Best well presented documentary

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Kae T

@RT28472826 08/20/2024

Intended for mature audience, the movie sends its message very well and the disturbing truth lying behind it

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Bulgantamir B

@RT36664197 08/02/2024

It was very interesting

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Munkhjargal A

@RT28084692 07/28/2024

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

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erdene c

@RT72597746 07/28/2024

Very good very good love it

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Bahad j

@RT27093708 07/27/2024

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.

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Shaul Schwarz

Director

Todd Hagopian

Producer

Lars Knudsen

Producer

Jay Van Hoy

Producer

Jeremy Turner

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Bryan Chang

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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