Cocaine Cowboys is an 2-hour documentary about the cocaine economy which built modern day Miami. The documentary covers the flashiest crimes and personalities in the cocaine explosion of the 1980′s. Director Billy Corben tells the story of the city built on cocaine via interviews with smugglers, hit men, and dealers. With music from Jan Hammer, who made the well-known soundtracks for Miami-Vice.... [read more]

Cocaine Cowboys is an 2-hour documentary about the cocaine economy which built modern day Miami. The documentary covers the flashiest crimes and personalities in the cocaine explosion of the 1980′s. Director Billy Corben tells the story of the city built on cocaine via interviews with smugglers, hit men, and dealers. With music from Jan Hammer, who made the well-known soundtracks for Miami-Vice.

This isn’t a socio-political look at the drug trade, rather, it is a down-and-dirty Wild West story, complete with a Godmother who could give Scarface a run for his money. Anyone who enjoyed Scarface or Blow needs to pick this one up, as does any armchair economic historian.

More info:
http://www.trouwamsterdam.nl/en/2011/09/do27okt
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0380268/

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