Beyond
the Classroom Living & Learning Program
Series on “Rethinking Human Security: Beyond the Immigration & Refugee Crises”
presents the 2016 Academy Award-nominated documentary:
Wednesday, February 17, 7:00-9:00 pm
1102 South Campus Commons, Building 1,
All are welcome!
Facebook Page:
https://www.facebook.com/events/217445251935976/
In
this Sundance award-winning film, Director Matthew Heineman and
Executive Producer Kathryn Bigelow (“The Hurt Locker”, “Zero Dark
Thirty”) gain unprecedented, on-the-ground
access to the riveting stories 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. 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. The film is a chilling, visceral meditation on the breakdown of order and the blurry line between good and evil.
• Nominated, 2016 Academy Award for Best Documentary.
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. 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. The film is a chilling, visceral meditation on the breakdown of order and the blurry line between good and evil.
• Nominated, 2016 Academy Award for Best Documentary.
* Winner, Special Jury Award for Cinematography, Sundance Film Festival, 2015.
• Winner, Best Director, US Documentary, Sundance Film Festival, 2015.
Quotes
• "Astonishing" -Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times' Critics Pick
• "ONE OF THE BEST DOCUMENTARIES OF THE YEAR! Feels like Breaking Bad in real life.” - Aleksandr Gorbachev, Newsweek
• "Grade: A. Remarkable." - Chris Nashawaty, Entertainment Weekly
• "Delivers the narrative propulsion and satisfaction of a first-rate fiction thriller" - Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune
• "Jaw dropping. Nothing short of spectacular." - David Lewis, SF Chronicle.
• Winner, Best Director, US Documentary, Sundance Film Festival, 2015.
Quotes
• "Astonishing" -Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times' Critics Pick
• "ONE OF THE BEST DOCUMENTARIES OF THE YEAR! Feels like Breaking Bad in real life.” - Aleksandr Gorbachev, Newsweek
• "Grade: A. Remarkable." - Chris Nashawaty, Entertainment Weekly
• "Delivers the narrative propulsion and satisfaction of a first-rate fiction thriller" - Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune
• "Jaw dropping. Nothing short of spectacular." - David Lewis, SF Chronicle.
Join Us for Upcoming Events, including:
Monday, February
22, 2016, 7:00-9:00 pm:
The Singing Revolution! -- The award-winning documentary
about people power in Estonia!
Monday, February 29, 2016, 7:00-9:00 pm:
“She’s Beautiful When She’s Angry” – The Second Wave of the Women’s Movement in the United States!
Seize the Civic Moment and Join Beyond the Classroom for Fall 2016!
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