Wednesday, February 26, 2014

Narco Cultura

Very crazy but interesting documentary.  It's a documentary about cartel violence and its influence in the "narco (cartel)" music industry.  This played at Fantastic Fest last year.  We follow two people. One person is a crime scene specialist in Mexico.  We follow him to all the crazy violent scenes in Juarez, Mexico.  Everyday is a war zone.  Lots of innocent people are being murdered by cartels.  They show lots of graphic crime scenes here.  This guy we follow is always in danger.  He's had a few people from his crew fall victim to this violence.  The other guy we follow is this singer and writer for a band that plays narco corridos (cartel themed music).  We see how he's inspired by cartels.  There's a big movement in the corrido music scene.  We go back in forth between the two main people.  It's both tragic and ironic.  The only complaint is that we get the message of the documentary within the first 30 minutes and there's really nothing else but an expansion of the message.
Overall, a good documentary worth checking out.