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Series SeasonSeason 1 episodes2005
Cocaine
Season 1
Three films document the cocaine industry's role in perpetuating poverty, gang violence and civil war in South America.
Episodes
Each episode has its own detail page.
Episode 149 min2005-01-16
Episode 1
A family of Peruvian farmers struggles to make ends meet by growing coca leaves, which drug manufacturers use to produce cocaine.
Episode 249 min2005-01-23
Episode 2
Gangs financed by cocaine sales rule the favelas of Rio de Janeiro. Ze, a former gang leader, tries to help his nephew escape a brutal fate.
Episode 349 min2005-01-30
Episode 3
Colombia's billion-dollar drug trade fuels a bloody civil war between leftist guerrillas, right-wing paramilitaries and a corrupt national government.