Cocaine
A three-part documentary series investigating the cocaine trafficking, distribution, usage and state control.
- 2005-2005
- 1 season
- Thirteen/WNET Communications Group
- Documentary
A three-part documentary series investigating the cocaine trafficking, distribution, usage and state control.
Season 1 Episode Guide
3 Episodes 2005
Episode 1
Viva la Coca
49 mins
Meet the Peruvian coca farmers who are totally dependent on the paltry money they make from growing coca leaves, and the cocaine-makers who turn the leaves into 'dandruff of the Andes'.
Episode 2
Leo and Zé
49 mins
An intimate, brutal story of violence, poverty and drugs in Rio de Janeiro. Former gang boss Zé talks candidly about how poverty drove him to crime, but he finally got out.
Episode 3
An Honest Citizen
49 mins
Follow Maria Cristina Chirolla, head of Colombia's Attorney General's anti-money-laundering office, as she struggles to fight the extraordinary reach of drug money in Colombia.