Breaking the Taboo

Breaking the Taboo

2011/06/03 • $2,000,000 • Released • Portuguese

Documentary
7.1
1h 20m

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

Director : Fernando Grostein Andrade

Casts
Richard Nixon

Richard Nixon

Self (archive footage)

Ronald Reagan

Ronald Reagan

Self (archive footage)

Fernando Henrique Cardoso

Fernando Henrique Cardoso

Self

Vitor Onofre

Self

Allan Turnowski

Self

Carlos Oliveira

Self

Dráuzio Varella

Dráuzio Varella

Self

Bill Clinton

Bill Clinton

Self

Ethan Nadelmann

Self

Jimmy Carter

Jimmy Carter

Self

Ernesto Zedillo

Ernesto Zedillo

Self

Carlos Fuentes

Carlos Fuentes

Self

Gael García Bernal

Gael García Bernal

Self

Moisés Naím

Self

Pablo Escobar

Pablo Escobar

Self (archive footage)

César Gaviria

Self

Andre Elissen

Self

Anthony Papa

Self

Neil Franklin

Self

George H. W. Bush

George H. W. Bush

Self (archive footage)

Paulo Coelho

Paulo Coelho

Self

Jim Kolbe

Jim Kolbe

Self

Morgan Freeman

Morgan Freeman

Narrator (voice)

Paul Wilhelm

Self

William Kramer

Self

Bob Keizer

Self

Freerk Bruinin

Self

Kathrin Honer

Self

Cedric Charvet

Self

Ruth Dreifuss

Ruth Dreifuss

Self

Jean Claude Etienne

Self

Gro Brundtland

Self

Gregory Lannes

Self

Howard Josepher

Self

João Goulão

Self

Miguel Vasconcelos

Self

Manoel Pizarro

Self

Washington Rimas

Self

José Junior

Self

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