Breaking the Taboo (2011)

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

Cast (39)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

Richard Nixon

Self (archive footage)

Ronald Reagan

Self (archive footage)

Fernando Henrique Cardoso

Self

V

Vitor Onofre

Self

A

Allan Turnowski

Self

C

Carlos Oliveira

Self

Dráuzio Varella

Self

Bill Clinton

Self

E

Ethan Nadelmann

Self

Jimmy Carter

Self

Ernesto Zedillo

Self

Carlos Fuentes

Self

Gael García Bernal

Self

M

Moisés Naím

Self

Pablo Escobar

Self (archive footage)

C

César Gaviria

Self

A

Andre Elissen

Self

A

Anthony Papa

Self

N

Neil Franklin

Self

George H. W. Bush

Self (archive footage)

Paulo Coelho

Self

Jim Kolbe

Self

Morgan Freeman

Narrator (voice)

P

Paul Wilhelm

Self

W

William Kramer

Self

B

Bob Keizer

Self

F

Freerk Bruinin

Self

K

Kathrin Honer

Self

C

Cedric Charvet

Self

Ruth Dreifuss

Self

J

Jean Claude Etienne

Self

G

Gro Brundtland

Self

G

Gregory Lannes

Self

H

Howard Josepher

Self

J

João Goulão

Self

M

Miguel Vasconcelos

Self

M

Manoel Pizarro

Self

W

Washington Rimas

Self

J

José Junior

Self

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