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Tribal Side of Drug Trafficking in ‘Birds of Passage'
Submitted by PatrickMcD on March 17, 2019 - 8:27pmRating: 3.5/5.0 |
CHICAGO – One of the overriding characteristics in the movies, when it comes to drug traffickers, is the stereotypical image of a fat and corrupt cartel leader who usually have machine gun wielding henchmen and bikini clad groupies. “Birds of Passage” goes back to the business of the drug trade, but it is about the families that controlled the territorial borders during that key era, and the basis of that control in ancient tribalism.