Cartel Land

Synopsis

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 that has wreaked havoc on the region for years. 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.

Director Biography

Matthew Heineman is an Emmy-nominated filmmaker from New York. He has produced and directed numerous short films and commercials, and was a collaborating member on the Emmy-nominated HBO series “The Alzheimer’s Project.” In 2009, he founded the film production company Our Time Projects, where he produced and directed his documentary features: “Our Time” (2009), “ESCAPE FIRE: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare” (2012), and “Cartel Land” (2015).