Breaking the Taboo
Breaking the Taboo2011
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Breaking the Taboo
1h 20m·Documentary
Directed by Fernando Grostein Andrade·2011
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7.1/10 avgAverage user ratingNarrated 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
DirectorFernando Grostein AndradeCinematographyFernando Grostein AndradeScreenplayFernando Grostein AndradeStudioSundog Pictures
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 Richard NixonSelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |
 Ronald ReaganSelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |
 Fernando Henrique CardosoSelf | Self |
| VVitor OnofreSelf | Self |
| AAllan TurnowskiSelf | Self |
| CCarlos OliveiraSelf | Self |
 Dráuzio VarellaSelf | Self |
 Bill ClintonSelf | Self |
| EEthan NadelmannSelf | Self |
 Jimmy CarterSelf | Self |
 Ernesto ZedilloSelf | Self |
 Carlos FuentesSelf | Self |
 Gael García BernalSelf | Self |
| MMoisés NaímSelf | Self |
 Pablo EscobarSelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |
| CCésar GaviriaSelf | Self |
| AAndre ElissenSelf | Self |
| AAnthony PapaSelf | Self |
| NNeil FranklinSelf | Self |
 George H. W. BushSelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |
 Paulo CoelhoSelf | Self |
 Jim KolbeSelf | Self |
 Morgan FreemanNarrator (voice) | Narrator (voice) |
| PPaul WilhelmSelf | Self |
| WWilliam KramerSelf | Self |
| BBob KeizerSelf | Self |
| FFreerk BruininSelf | Self |
| KKathrin HonerSelf | Self |
| CCedric CharvetSelf | Self |
 Ruth DreifussSelf | Self |