Watch Breaking the Taboo (2011) Official Trailer
7.1 / 10 IMDb June 3, 2011 1h 20m
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
Director
Runtime
1h 20m
Release Date
June 3, 2011
Genre
Documentary
Status
Released
Budget
$2,000,000
Languages
Portuguese
Country
Brazil, United Kingdom
Writers
Cast
Richard Nixon
as Self (archive footage)
Ronald Reagan
as Self (archive footage)
Fernando Henrique Cardoso
as Self
No photo
Vitor Onofre
as Self
No photo
Allan Turnowski
as Self
No photo
Carlos Oliveira
as Self
Dráuzio Varella
as Self
Bill Clinton
as Self
No photo
Ethan Nadelmann
as Self
Jimmy Carter
as Self
Ernesto Zedillo
as Self
Carlos Fuentes
as Self
Gael García Bernal
as Self
No photo
Moisés Naím
as Self
Pablo Escobar
as Self (archive footage)
No photo
César Gaviria
as Self
No photo
Andre Elissen
as Self
No photo
Anthony Papa
as Self
No photo
Neil Franklin
as Self
George H. W. Bush
as Self (archive footage)
Production Companies
Sundog Pictures
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