Sometimes the best way to get attention for a specific issue is to show the cold hard facts. An Inconvenient Truth or The Act of Killing are good examples of that. Both documentaries made people think about a subject and cause either discussion or change. Narco Cultura also follows that path and decides to show the impact of the drugs trade and the effects of the battle between Mexican drug cartels on the small Mexican town of Juarez. It is located close to the border with the U.S. The police and other people in Juarez live a dangerous life and run the risk of being killed, but across the border the life of the drug dealers in celebrated and glorified in the form of songs, the narcocorridos. Continue reading →