Breaking the Taboo (2011)
Quebrando o Tabu
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
- Date of release
- 2011-06-03
- TMDB
- 7.1 / 10 (33)
- Runtime
- 1h 20m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Director
- Fernando Grostein Andrade
Casting
- Richard Nixon — Self (archive footage)
- Ronald Reagan — Self (archive footage)
- Fernando Henrique Cardoso — Self
- Vitor Onofre — Self
- Allan Turnowski — Self
- Carlos Oliveira — Self
- Dráuzio Varella — Self
- Bill Clinton — Self
- Ethan Nadelmann — Self
- Jimmy Carter — Self
- Ernesto Zedillo — Self
- Carlos Fuentes — Self
Interesting facts
Breaking the Taboo is a 2011 Brazilian documentary film about the war on drugs. The film recounts the history of the war on drugs, beginning with the 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs. Breaking the Taboo explores the conclusion reached by the Global Commission on Drug Policy in 2011 that drug liberalization is the best approach in dealing with drug policy.
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