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‘La Libertad del Diablo’ Is a Haunting Look at Victims and Victimizers of Mexico’s Drug War

Manuel Betancourt — Wed, 30 May 2018 18:43:08 +0000

What would you learn from talking with the victims of Mexico’s violence? What could you gain from chatting with those who have made a living killing in cold blood? What might audiences take away from hearing from both sides in one single documentary? Everardo González‘s La libertad del diablo (Devil’s Freedom) is structured around these questions. Ostensibly made up

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Meet Violeta Ayala, the Indigenous Director Who Gave Cameras to Bolivian Inmates for ‘Cocaine Prison’

Steve Macfarlane — Tue, 17 Oct 2017 20:11:58 +0000

Amid the celebrity profile documentaries and high-profile biopics that dotted the landscape of this year’s Toronto International Film Festival, Violeta Ayala’s Cocaine Prison was an extraordinary hunk of primary-source reportage: a documentary shot by the inhabitants of Bolivia’s San Sebastian Prison, five years in the making. Ayala – who hails from Cochabamba, up the street

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You Should Stream: Hear Slain Mexican Journalist Javier Valdez’s Chilling Words in These Short Docs

Manuel Betancourt — Wed, 17 May 2017 21:08:32 +0000

Mexico and the international journalism community continue to grieve the death of Javier Valdez Cardenas. The award-winning reporter, who had long been covering the drug war in Mexico, was gunned down in broad daylight earlier this week. He is now the fifth journalist to be killed in the country this year – a reminder of

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Dispelling Mexican Narconarratives: Why Most Fiction Gets It All Wrong

Freddy Martinez — Wed, 06 Jul 2016 18:30:47 +0000

When Oswaldo Zavala talks about the US-Mexico drug trade, he does so with a desperation common to those who study it. Zavala, who was born in Ciudad Juárez and is an associate professor at CUNY Graduate Center, understands that most people may never read any of his ideas, published mostly in academia, and may also

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Ridley Scott to Direct El Chapo-Inspired Drug War Drama ‘The Cartel’

Andrew S. Vargas — Fri, 21 Aug 2015 17:45:37 +0000

Ridley Scott has signed on to direct an adaptation of author Don Winslow’s critically lauded narco-fiction novel, The Cartel.

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Meet the Son of an Undocumented Immigrant Who Joined the Border Patrol to Bust Mexico’s Drug Cartels

Andrew S. Vargas — Thu, 19 Mar 2015 18:44:30 +0000

In this exclusive interview, we talk to the director of 'Kingdom of Shadows' and one of the most compelling subjects from his powerful drug war documentary.

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