Completed - ENGLISH - Documentary - 70 minutes
Dope Men gives an unflinching view of the Mob's role in the illicit drug trade from its origins through modern day.
Year of production : 2023 Director(s) : Seth FERRANTI Cast : Christian CIPOLLINI, Scott DEITCHE, J. Michael Niotta NIOTTA, Seth FERRANTI
Drug prohibition began with the Harrison Act in 1915 and continues on today. Despite the pop culture ethos portrayed in movies like The Godfather, mobsters don’t frown on drug dealing. Dope Men will look at how the Mafia created the global heroin trade, how the government criminalized drug users, and the colorful cast of Jewish, Italian, and Irish Mafiosi who ran the trade from the 1920’s up until more recent times. Forget everything you’ve ever heard about the War on Drugs, this is the real story of how the mob created the paradigm for international drug trafficking.
Country(ies) : USA