Written by Lucio for Borderland Beat
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A few months prior to the February 2014 capture of the world's most famous drug lord, filmmaker Angus Mac Queen set out to search for El Chapo Guzmán in his film, "Drug lord: The Legend of Shorty." MacQueen is confidant that if authorities wanted to capture the world's most wanted drug lord, it is possible. Shortly after the film's release, Chapo was captured.
There is a authenticity about the documentary, that takes the viewer into the narco world of Sinaloa, visiting places we read about. Impressive and surprising is the openness of the people in the Sierra with MacQueen.
MacQueen's access to all things Sinaloa narco is even more impressive and some are exclusives, such as the visit to Chapo's son Edgar's Tomb/Chapel, a place no press has been allowed to visit. The film was released this fall and is playing on the Discovery Channel in Mexico.
The first clip is the trailer, if you want to watch all seven parts, they are posted below the trailer. I apologize up front for the less than perfect quality of the clips. The clips are not available in the U.S. but ran last week in Mexican media outlets. They had to be downloaded to a format that could be used in the U.S. so the quality is compromised. You can of course see the film on pay for view, amazon and other film vendor sites.
There is a authenticity about the documentary, that takes the viewer into the narco world of Sinaloa, visiting places we read about. Impressive and surprising is the openness of the people in the Sierra with MacQueen.
MacQueen's access to all things Sinaloa narco is even more impressive and some are exclusives, such as the visit to Chapo's son Edgar's Tomb/Chapel, a place no press has been allowed to visit. The film was released this fall and is playing on the Discovery Channel in Mexico.
The first clip is the trailer, if you want to watch all seven parts, they are posted below the trailer. I apologize up front for the less than perfect quality of the clips. The clips are not available in the U.S. but ran last week in Mexican media outlets. They had to be downloaded to a format that could be used in the U.S. so the quality is compromised. You can of course see the film on pay for view, amazon and other film vendor sites.