Cocaine Cowboys (R)

Quicklook Rating★★★

synopsis

When brutal Colombian cocaine lords moved to Miami in the early '80s, they brought with them a form of decadence, drugs and debauchery that hadn't been seen since the Prohibition days. This stylized, high-energy film reveals how Miami went from a sleepy southern city to a drug-and-murder capital, as told by the people who put the vice in "Miami Vice."

details

Documentary
1 hr. 56 min.
Opened October 27th, 2006

director

Billy Corben

writer

MovieGoer Review

Dust off the white suit and pink bikini: We’re going to Miami Beach, circa 1970s and ‘80s, where cocaine ruled the economy. The documentary Cocaine Cowboys tells you (more than) everything you wanted to know about Floridian gangsters aw... MORE

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synopsis

When brutal Colombian cocaine lords moved to Miami in the early '80s, they brought with them a form of decadence, drugs and debauchery that hadn't been seen since the Prohibition days. This stylized, high-energy film reveals how Miami went from a sleepy southern city to a drug-and-murder capital, as told by the people who put the vice in "Miami Vice."

details

Documentary
1 hr. 56 min.
Opened October 27th, 2006

director

Billy Corben

writer

MovieGoer Review

Dust off the white suit and pink bikini: We’re going to Miami Beach, circa 1970s and ‘80s, where cocaine ruled the economy. The documentary Cocaine Cowboys tells you (more than) everything you wanted to know about Floridian gangsters aw... MORE