Competition: American Independent Feature-Length Films
Cartel Land
Matthew Heineman
Documentary | USA, Mexico | 2015 | 100 min
Cartel Land
Matthew Heineman
Documentary | USA, Mexico | 2015 | 100 min
Date & Time
Screen
VERSION
18:00 - Wed. 10 Jun 2015
Le Balzac -
S.2
VOstFR
18:00 - Fri. 12 Jun 2015
Le Lincoln -
S.3
VOstFR
18:00 - Tue. 16 Jun 2015
Le Lincoln -
S.2
VOstFR
SYNOPSIS
In the Mexican state of Michoacán, Dr. Jose Mireles, a small-town physician known as «El Doctor,» leads the Autodefensas, a citizen uprising against the violent Knights Templar drug cartel that has wreaked havoc on the region for years. Meanwhile, in Arizona’s Altar Valley – a narrow, 52-mile-long desert corridor known as Cocaine Alley – Tim «Nailer» Foley, an American veteran, heads a small paramilitary group called Arizona Border Recon, whose goal is to stop Mexico’s drug wars from seeping across our border.
CREDITS
Matthew Heineman - Director
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR
Matthew Heineman is an Emmy-nominated filmmaker based in New York. He directed and produced ESCAPE FIRE: THE FIGHT TO RESCUE AMERICAN HEALTHCARE, which premiered at Sundance 2012. After winning numerous festival awards, the film was theatrically released to critical acclaim by Roadside Attractions / Lionsgate before airing on CNN and earning an Emmy nomination. Heineman previously collaborated for two years with a team at HBO on the groundbreaking, Emmy-nominated HBO series, The Alzheimer's Project, which aired in May 2009. He also directed and produced OUR TIME – a feature-length documentary about what it's like to be young in today's America. Heineman has directed several short films and commercials and is currently developing a few different projects.
FILM INFO
Year : 2015
Country : USA, Mexico
Runtime : 100 min
Language : -
Colour : Color