Breaking the Taboo
7.1
33 votes
June 3, 2011
1h 20m
Documentary
Overview
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
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Richard Nixon
Self (archive footage)
Ronald Reagan
Self (archive footage)
Fernando Henrique Cardoso
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Vitor Onofre
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Allan Turnowski
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Carlos Oliveira
Self
Dráuzio Varella
Self
Bill Clinton
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Ethan Nadelmann
Self
Jimmy Carter
Self
Ernesto Zedillo
Self
Carlos Fuentes
Self
Gael García Bernal
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Moisés Naím
Self
Pablo Escobar
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