Breaking the taboo

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Movie
Original title Breaking the taboo
Country of production USA ,
Brazil
original language English / Spanish / Portuguese / French
Publishing year 2011
length 58 minutes
Rod
Director Cosmo Feilding Mellen,
Fernando Grostein Andrade
script Fernando Grostein Andrade,
Thomaz Souto Correa,
Cosmo Feilding-Mellen,
Carolina Kotscho,
Ricardo Setti,
Ilona Szabo
production Sam Branson
music Lucas Lima
camera Fernando Grostein Andrade,
Rafael Levy
cut Leticia Giffoni,
Jair Peres,
Tony Wilson
occupation

Breaking the Taboo is a documentary about the so-called war on drugs ( war on drugs ) from the year 2011. The film tells the story of the war on drugs , starting with the United Nations Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs discussed in 1961 and 2011 by the Global Commission on Drug Policy issued recommendations for reforming drug policy and its conclusion that "the war on drugs has failed".

The documentary includes interviews with a number of former heads of state, including US Presidents Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter , Brazil’s President Fernando Henrique Cardoso and Presidents of Colombia, Switzerland, Norway and Mexico. Filmed in 18 cities around the world, many people affected by the global war on drugs, such as police officers, prisoners and resocialized drug addicts, have their say in Breaking the Taboo . The film shows footage from all over the world: from FARC coca plantations in the Colombian jungle to Amsterdam coffee shops , from opium production in Afghanistan and from the US prison system. The drug policy activist Anthony Papa is quoted in the film as saying: "If you can't even restrict drug use in a maximum security prison, how can you keep drugs under control in a free society?"

Breaking the Taboo was first released in 2011 in Brazil as Quebrando o Tabu . The film was adapted for the American and European market in cooperation with the production company Current Sponge , directed by Sam Branson, son of the entrepreneur Richard Branson . The English version of the film was released on December 7, 2012 via YouTube. An addendum at the end of the film refers to the legalization of cannabis in the US states of Washington and Colorado, which was passed by referendum at the end of 2012.

reception

After its release, the film sparked debate in the Brazilian media, schools and the Brazilian Congress. Veja magazine published a nine-page article about the film and called it "a meticulously crafted report, produced over two years with 168 interviews with some high-profile personalities such as Bill Clinton , Jimmy Carter , Drauzio Varella , and Gael García Bernal ". The television program Fantástico von Rede Globo , Brazil's largest network, showed an eight-minute report about the film and then asked viewers about the topic: 57% voted for decriminalization . Trip magazine published a cover story about the film. The newspaper Folha de S. Paulo wrote that the film "has a consistent line of reasoning that does not necessarily follow everyday understanding". The film was also discussed in the British newspaper The Guardian : “The documentary sheds light on the pitfalls of discussing a topic that is so tarnished by ideology and calls for an end to the stigmatization of the debate. He scores with the support of several former world leaders such as Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter. "

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ German version of the report of the Global Commission on Drug Policy (PDF; 1.4 MB), 2011, p. 4
  2. ↑ Papa, Anthony: 40 Years of the Drug War: Breaking the Taboo , In: Counterpunch , June 16, 2011
  3. ↑ Kachani, Morris: Jovem diretor defende descriminalização de drogas em documentario , In: Folha de São Paulo , May 29, 2011
  4. ^ Cabral, Otávio: A Utopia de Desfazer o Nó , In: Veja , June 8, 2011
  5. ↑ FHC defende regulamentação da maconha , In: Fantástico , May 29, 2011
  6. ↑ Torturra, Bruno: Fernando Henrique Cardoso , In: Trip , July 3, 2011
  7. ↑ Mena, Fernanda: Crítica ( Memento of the original from December 3, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , In: Folha de São Paulo , May 29, 2011 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.uniad.org.br
  8. ^ Siân Herbert: Brazil's marijuana march for freedom , In: The Guardian , May 26, 2011