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With unprecedented access, Sundance award-winner CARTEL LAND is a riveting, on-the-ground look at the journeys of two modern-day vigilante groups and their shared enemy — the murderous Mexican drug cartels. 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. 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. Filmmaker Matthew Heineman embeds himself in the heart of darkness as Nailer, El Doctor, and the cartel each vie to bring their own brand of justice to a society where institutions have failed. From executive producer Kathryn Bigelow (THE HURT LOCKER, ZERO DARK THIRTY), CARTEL LAND is a chilling, visceral meditation on the breakdown of order and the blurry line between good and evil.
Original Release
07/03/2015
US Release
07/03/2015
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Tim Nailer Foley | Self |
José Manuel 'El Doctor' Mireles | Self - leader and founder, Autodefensas |
Paco Valencia | Self - Autodefensas Comandante |
Chaneque | Self - drug cartel thug |
Caballo | Self - drug cartel thug |
Enrique Peña Nieto | Self |
Ana Valencia | Self - Manuel Mireles' wife |
Estanislao Beltránin | Self - spokesman, Autodefensas |
Janet Fields | Self - Tim Foley's girlfriend |
Nicolás Sierra | Self |
Directors
Cast
Name | Character |
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Tim Nailer Foley | Self |
José Manuel 'El Doctor' Mireles | Self - leader and founder, Autodefensas |
Paco Valencia | Self - Autodefensas Comandante |
Chaneque | Self - drug cartel thug |
Caballo | Self - drug cartel thug |
Enrique Peña Nieto | Self |
Ana Valencia | Self - Manuel Mireles' wife |
Estanislao Beltránin | Self - spokesman, Autodefensas |
Janet Fields | Self - Tim Foley's girlfriend |
Nicolás Sierra | Self |
Karla | Self |
Alfredo Castillo Cervantes | Self - Mexican political |
María Imilse Arrué | Self |
Shawn Wilson | Self |
Robert Hetrick | Himself |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Kathryn Bigelow | Executive Producer |
Robert A. Compton | Executive Producer |
Robert DeBitetto | Executive Producer |
Donna Gruneich | Executive Producer |
Kevin Gruneich | Executive Producer |
David McKillop | Executive Producer |
Gabriel Rosenzvit | Executive Producer |
Molly Thompson | Executive Producer |
Jo Budzilowicz | Producer |
Myles Estey | Producer |
Daniel Fernández | Producer |
Matthew Heineman | Producer |
Hans-Maximo Musielik | Producer |
Erin Owens | Producer |
Matt Porwoll | Producer |
Innbo Shim | Producer |
Tom Yellin | Producer |
Bradley J. Ross | Producer |
Matthew Hamachek | Producer |
Editors
Matthew Heineman, Matthew Hamachek, Bradley J. Ross, Pax Wassermann
Clips
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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2016 | Oscar | Best Documentary, Feature | Nominated |
2016 | Emmy | Outstanding Cinematography for a Nonfiction Program | Won |
2016 | Emmy | Outstanding Picture Editing for a Nonfiction Program | Nominated |
2016 | Emmy | Outstanding Directing for Nonfiction Programming | Nominated |
2016 | Emmy | Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking | Won |
2016 | Emmy | Outstanding Sound Editing for a Nonfiction Program (Single or Multi-Camera) | Won |