Breaking the Taboo
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
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Richard Nixon
Self (archive footage)
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Ronald Reagan
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Fernando Henrique Cardoso
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Vitor Onofre
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Allan Turnowski
Self
Carlos Oliveira
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Dráuzio Varella
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Bill Clinton
Self
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Ethan Nadelmann
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Jimmy Carter
Self
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Ernesto Zedillo
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Fernando Grostein Director · Carolina Kotscho Screenplay Bruno R. Modolo Screenplay
Budget $2M · First release June 3, 2011 · Produced in Brazil, United Kingdom
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Budget
$2,000,000
Production
Sundog Pictures
Production
Spray Filmes
Production
Brazil · United Kingdom
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Languages
Original title
Quebrando o Tabu
Original language
Portuguese
Spoken on screen
Portuguese
Release dates
Brazil · June 3, 2011
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
United Kingdom
December 5, 2012 · Theatrical
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