DVD
Cartel land
Languages
In English, with optional English, French or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.
Performers
Jose Mireles, Tim Foley.
Publication Information
Hollywood, California : Paramount Pictures, [2016]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Audience
MPAA rating: R; for violent disturbing images, language, drug content and brief sexual material.
Summary
Director Matthew Heineman gains unprecedented, on-the-ground access to the riveting stories of two modern-day vigilante groups and their shared enemy--the murderous Mexican drug cartels. In the Mexican state of Michoacá́n, Dr. Jose Mireles, a small-town physician known as "El Doctor," leads the Autodefensas, a citizen uprising against the violent Knights Templar drug cartel. Meanwhile, in Arizona's Altar Valley, Tim "Nailer" Foley, an American veteran, heads a small paramilitary group called Arizona Border Recon, whose goal is to stop Mexico's drug wars from seeping across our border. Heineman embeds himself in the heart of darkness as Nailer, El Doctor, adn the cartel each vie to bring their own brand of justice to a society where institutions have failed.
Notes
Title from container.
Originally released as a documentary in 2015.
Special features: A conversation with Kathryn Bigelow and Matthew Heineman ; commentary by director Matthew Heineman ; Cartel land: coming full circle.