Cartel Land

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Movie
Original title Cartel Land
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 2015
length 100 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
Rod
Director Matthew Heineman
production Matthew Heineman,
Tom Yellin
music Jackson Greenberg,
H. Scott Salinas
camera Matthew Heineman,
Matt Porwoll
cut Matthew Hamachek,
Matthew Heineman,
Bradley J. Ross,
Pax Wassermann

Cartel Land is an American documentary directed by Matthew Heineman about the drug war in Mexico . It shows acts of vigilante justice by two vigilante groups , one on the American side and one on the Mexican side. The film was at the Oscar ceremony in 2016 as best documentary nomination and beyond with more than ten film awards honored and nominated for another approximately 30 awards.

action

In the drug war in Mexico next direct state institutions of the United States and Mexico and civilians are involved. This juxtaposes the vigilante groups "Autodefensas", which are fighting against Los Caballeros Templarios in Michoacán , Mexico - for example, the film shows an exchange of fire with two members of the cartel - and the paramilitary group "Arizona Border Recon", which operates in the Altar Valley (the so-called " Cocain Valley ”, English : cocaine trail on the border between the United States and Mexico ) try to prevent mafia activities on the part of the United States.

Both groups are also represented by means of a portrait of their leading figures, the doctor Jose Manuel Mireles is at the center of the auto defensas, which in its methods often resembles the actual enemy, the cartel, and the veteran Tim Foley, who heads the nativist and extremist group .

The car defensas are also confronted with the police through their activities and ultimately vote for a reformation of their organization in order to legitimize their actions. By founding the "Rural Defense Corps", which receives material state support and acts in accordance with the law, the auto defensas are to be dissolved, but Jose Mireles is an opponent of this compromise. He does not join the new group and continues to act autonomously , later he is arrested.

production

The shooting began in June 2013 and lasted about a year, for the shots in Mexico Heinemann was even as cameraman , working for his film crew to keep as small as possible and not to be inflexible due to the number of participants. Heineman became aware of José Manuel Mireles when his father pointed out a newspaper article .

"I wanted to know what happens when government institutions fail and citizens feel like they have to take the law into their own hands."

"I wanted to find out what happens when government institutions fail and citizens feel it is necessary to take the law into their own hands."

- Matthew Heineman

criticism

Süddeutsche.de wrote that Heinemann had come closer to the nightmare of the Mexican drug war than any filmmaker before: "His recordings allow completely new insights into the structures of this war".

Awards

In total, Cartel Land received 11 film awards and was nominated for 31 other awards (as of February 2016).

Won (selection)

Nominated (selection)

Web links

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Certificate of Approval for Cartel Land . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry (PDF). Template: FSK / maintenance / type set and Par. 1 longer than 4 characters
  2. ↑ Anya Jaremko-Greenwold: Meet the 2015 Sundance Filmmakers # 62: Matthew Heineman Braves Mexican Drug Cartels In 'Cartel Land' , indiewire.com, January 29, 2015. Retrieved February 5, 2016.
  3. ↑ a b Ben Kenigsberg: Film Review: 'Cartel Land' , Variety website, February 1, 2015. Retrieved February 5, 2016.
  4. ^ Dan Slater, The Missing Story of the Drug War , The New Yorker website, September 17, 2015. Retrieved February 5, 2016.
  5. ↑ Paul Katzenberger: With madness to the truth. Süddeutsche.de , October 30, 2015, accessed on May 23, 2016 .