Film

Breaking the Taboo

2011 · 1h 20m · Documentary

IMDb

7.6

Narrated by Morgan Freeman, this groundbreaking new documentary uncovers the UN sanctioned war on drugs, charting its origins and its devastating impact on countries like the USA, Colombia and Russia. Featuring prominent statesmen including Presidents Clinton and Carter, the film follows The Global Commission on Drug Policy on a mission to break the political taboo and expose the biggest failure of global policy in the last 50 years

Richard Nixon

Self (archive footage)

Ronald Reagan

Self (archive footage)

Fernando Henrique Cardoso

Self

Vitor Onofre

Self

Allan Turnowski

Self

Carlos Oliveira

Self

Dráuzio Varella

Self

Bill Clinton

Self

Ethan Nadelmann

Self

Jimmy Carter

Self

Ernesto Zedillo

Self

Carlos Fuentes

Self

Gael García Bernal

Self

Moisés Naím

Self

Pablo Escobar

Self (archive footage)

César Gaviria

Self

• Fernando Grostein AndradeDirector · Director of Photography · Screenplay
• Ilona Szabó de CarvalhoScreenplay
• Thomaz Souto CorrêaScreenplay
• Ricardo SettiScreenplay
• Bruno R. ModoloScreenplay
• Carolina KotschoScreenplay
• Fernando MenocciProducer
• Silvana TinelliProducer
• Luciano HuckProducer
• Rafael LevyDirector of Photography

Release date

June 3, 2011

Status

Released

Original language

Portuguese

Runtime

1h 20m

Budget

$2,000,000

Genres

Documentary

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