- Source: Cocaine Cowboys: The Kings of Miami
Cocaine Cowboys: The Kings of Miami is a 2021 six part docuseries chronicling the rise and fall of Miami drug lords Sal Magluta and Willy Falcon. The two were eventually indicted in one of the largest drug cases in United States history, accused of illegally smuggling 75 tons of cocaine into the country. The series is directed by Billy Corben who previously directed three Cocaine Cowboys documentary films, each featuring a different set of criminals associated with the cocaine trade.
Episodes
Reception
On Rotten Tomatoes, the documentary holds an approval rating of 100% based on 7 reviews, with an average rating of 8.3/10.
Richard Roeper of Chicago Sun Times reviewed the series positively, describing the series as "brilliant and wildly entertaining". Brian Tallerico, reviewing the series for RogerEbert.com praised the directorship of Corben saying that he "lets the people involved tell their stories, and he gets amazing ones from all sides of this incredible tale, including criminals, authorities, and even a few of the jurors." On Buzzfeed News, Alessa Dominguez critiqued the show for the way it, and other similar Netflix shows, gloss over the tremendous harm wrought by drug kingpins like Magluta and Falcon writing that the show "highlights the glamour and excess of the Miami drug trade, often losing sight of the bigger picture and the people who suffered the fallout".
= Awards
=Cocaine Cowboys: The Kings of Miami won an national Edward R. Murrow Award for Excellence in Video in 2022.
References
External links
Cocaine Cowboys: The Kings of Miami at IMDb
Cocaine Cowboys: The Kings of Miami at Rotten Tomatoes
Cocaine Cowboys: The Kings of Miami at Metacritic
Cocaine Cowboys: The Kings of Miami on Netflix
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Demi Lovato
- Cocaine Cowboys: The Kings of Miami
- Cocaine Cowboys (2006 film)
- Billy Corben
- Griselda Blanco
- Cocaine Cowboys
- Sal Magluta
- Willy Falcon
- Albert Krieger
- List of films and television shows set in Miami
- Alfred Spellman
