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Breaking the Taboo is a 2011 Brazilian documentary film about the War on Drugs. The film recounts the history of the war on drugs, beginning with the 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs. Breaking the Taboo explores the conclusion reached by the Global Commission on Drug Policy in 2011 that drug liberalization is the best approach in dealing with drug policy.
Original Release
06/03/2011
US Release
12/07/2012
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Fran Boyd Andrews | Self - Former Drug Addict |
| Brenda Blom | Self - Community Lawyer, Baltimore |
| Fernando Henrique Cardoso | Self - President of Brazil, 1995 - 2002 / Self |
| Jimmy Carter | Self - US President, 1977 - 1981 / Self |
| Jorge Castañeda | Self - Secreatary of Foreign Affairs, Mexico 2000 - 2003 |
| Bill Clinton | Self - US President, 1993 - 2001 / Self |
| Paulo Coelho | Self - Novelist / Self |
| Richard Dannart | |
| Ruth Dreifuss | Self - President of Switzerland, 1999 |
| Robert DuPont |
Directors
Fernando Grostein Andrade, Cosmo Feilding-Mellen
Writers
Fernando Grostein Andrade, Cosmo Feilding-Mellen, Thomaz Souto Correa, Carolina Kotscho, Bruno R. Modolo, Ricardo Setti, Ilona Szabo, Rodrigo de Oliveira, Michael S. Kaufman
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Fran Boyd Andrews | Self - Former Drug Addict |
| Brenda Blom | Self - Community Lawyer, Baltimore |
| Fernando Henrique Cardoso | Self - President of Brazil, 1995 - 2002 / Self |
| Jimmy Carter | Self - US President, 1977 - 1981 / Self |
| Jorge Castañeda | Self - Secreatary of Foreign Affairs, Mexico 2000 - 2003 |
| Bill Clinton | Self - US President, 1993 - 2001 / Self |
| Paulo Coelho | Self - Novelist / Self |
| Richard Dannart | |
| Ruth Dreifuss | Self - President of Switzerland, 1999 |
| Robert DuPont | |
| Amanda Feilding | |
| Morgan Freeman | Narrator / Narrator (voice) |
| Rob Gallimore | |
| Gael García Bernal | Self |
| César Gaviria | Self - President of Colombia, 1990 - 1994 |
| João Goulão | Self - National Drug Policy Coordinator, Portugal |
| Gro Harlem Brundtland | Self |
| Viktor Ivanov | |
| Bob Keizer | Self - Former Drug Policy Coordinator, Holland |
| R. Gil Kerlikowske |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Sam Branson | Executive Producer |
| Luiz Ferriani Nogueira | Executive Producer |
| Nick Ryle | Executive Producer |
| Roberto Vitorino | Executive Producer |
| Johnny Webb | Executive Producer |
| Cosmo Feilding-Mellen | Producer |
| Michael S. Kaufman | Producer |
| Gustavo Halbreich | Producer |
| Luciano Huck | Producer |
| Fernando Menocci | Producer |
| Jairo Santos | Producer |
| Silvana Tinelli | Producer |
