Documentary uncovering the failure of the UN sanctioned war on drugs.Documentary uncovering the failure of the UN sanctioned war on drugs.Documentary uncovering the failure of the UN sanctioned war on drugs.
- Awards
- 1 win & 4 nominations
João Goulão
- Self - National Drug Policy Coordinator, Portugal
- (as Dr João Goulão)
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- TriviaTony Papa has the closing line of the film that was so poignant it was used on the movie poster to capture the essence of the directors point of the madness of the global war on drugs.
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Tony Papa: If you can't control drug use in a maximum security prison, how can you control drug use in a free society
- Alternate versionsAfter it's release in Brazil in June 2011 (80 min), an international version was released in December 2012 (53 min). The Brazilian version was made to be shown in movie theaters, the international was made to be shown in TV and Youtube. This international version brings an American point of view with new material provided by Sundog Pictures production company - interviews with José Manuel Santos (then president of Colombia); Robert Dupont, ex-American czar of drugs, British army and filming in Russia, and narration by Morgan Freeman. The Spanish version is narrated by Gael Garcia Bernal.
- ConnectionsFeatured in London et Kirschenbaum: Episode dated 16 May 2013 (2013)
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Breaking the Taboo is about how society treat drugs, in special Marijuana, the main argument of this documentary is about the fail of the actual anti-drug political system in Brazil. The taboo here is how work with drugs, and the legalization of marijuana. For prove the argument illegal marijuana cause more danger then the legalization system, the director invite a pool of influent people, former president, Fernando Henrique Cardoso, intellectuals, and consumers.
The idea is to break the taboo marijuana cloud keep illegal, for this the director shows how the illegal system works, and who is the main giver from state restrictions. The money from illegal actives go to corruption, guns and lobby, against the tax from another drugs which subside education, security and specially the health system. The acquisition of marijuana is easy than alcohol, to buy alcohol you must show your identification to prove you have 18 years old, in Brazil, but marijuana don't have this restriction.
Former president, Fernando Henrique Cardoso, is a former teacher from University of Sao Paulo, the major discipline in his academic profile is sociology, and this is the main contribution he provides in the documentary, a systematic analysis of our society, and why ins't logic keep marijuana illegal in Brazil.
The idea is to break the taboo marijuana cloud keep illegal, for this the director shows how the illegal system works, and who is the main giver from state restrictions. The money from illegal actives go to corruption, guns and lobby, against the tax from another drugs which subside education, security and specially the health system. The acquisition of marijuana is easy than alcohol, to buy alcohol you must show your identification to prove you have 18 years old, in Brazil, but marijuana don't have this restriction.
Former president, Fernando Henrique Cardoso, is a former teacher from University of Sao Paulo, the major discipline in his academic profile is sociology, and this is the main contribution he provides in the documentary, a systematic analysis of our society, and why ins't logic keep marijuana illegal in Brazil.
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- $2,000,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 20 minutes
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- 16:9 HD
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