Breaking the Taboo
1 hour 20 minutes2011-06-03
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Narrated by Morgan Freeman, this groundbreaking new documentary uncovers the UN sanctioned war on drugs, charting its origins and its devastating impact on countries like the USA, Colombia and Russia. Featuring prominent statesmen including Presidents Clinton and Carter, the film follows The Global Commission on Drug Policy on a mission to break the political taboo and expose the biggest failure of global policy in the last 50 years
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Richard Nixon
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Ronald Reagan
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Fernando Henrique Cardoso
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Vitor Onofre
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Allan Turnowski
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Carlos Oliveira
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Dráuzio Varella
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Bill Clinton
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Ethan Nadelmann
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Jimmy Carter
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Ernesto Zedillo
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Carlos Fuentes
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Gael García Bernal
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Moisés Naím
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Pablo Escobar
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César Gaviria
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Andre Elissen
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Anthony Papa
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Neil Franklin
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George H. W. Bush
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Paulo Coelho
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Jim Kolbe
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Morgan Freeman
Narrator (voice)
Paul Wilhelm
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William Kramer
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Bob Keizer
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Freerk Bruinin
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Kathrin Honer
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Cedric Charvet
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Ruth Dreifuss
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Jean Claude Etienne
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Gro Brundtland
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Gregory Lannes
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Howard Josepher
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João Goulão
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Miguel Vasconcelos
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Manoel Pizarro
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Washington Rimas
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