Shaul Schwartz was a photojournalist who spent decades covering global hotspots — but after covering the drug war in Mexico, he made the jump to documentary filmmaking with his new film, Narco Cultura. Contrasting the work of a CSI police officer in Juarez, Mexico who spends time cleaning up the human slaughter of the war on drugs and the career of a L.A.-based member of the popular group Buknas de Culiacan, ‘Narco Corridos’ who sings songs glorifying the drug chieftains of Mexico, Narco Cultura looks at the pop culture of crime … and at what happens when crime becomes its own culture. Currently in theaters, Narco Cultura will expand into more markets in the coming weeks; see the film’s official website for more information.
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