R16 - Contains drug use.

Smokescreen raises the subject of drug policies in effect worldwide, focusing on their social and political implications in countries such as Brazil, England, Spain, Holland, Switzerland, Argentina and the US. Its premise is a rethink of countries’ prohibitionist drug policies. The confronting documentary discusses some of the consequences of such drug laws, such as violence and corruption, reaching unacceptable levels.

Through interviews in Brazil and abroad with physicians, researchers, leaders, policemen and representatives of civil movements, the filmmaker and journalist Rodrigo Mac Niven introduces a new vision of the early 21st century. It is a documentary that questions prohibition, and discusses the complexities of a taboo subject with honesty and transparency.

With: Fernando Henrique Cardoso (former Brazilian President), Fernando Gabeira, Nilo Batista, Raul Zaffaroni, Antonio Escohotado

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SMOKESCREEN CORTINA DE FUMAÇA

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DZI CROQUETTES

BESOURO

REFLECTIONS OF A BLENDER

SMOKESCREEN

OUR HOME: ASTRAL CITY

THE STORY OF ME

VIPS

WELLINGTON

AUCKLAND