---
title: 'Breaking the Taboo (2011)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Fernando Grostein Andrade'
released: '2011-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 58
genres:
  - 'Documentary'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/breaking-the-taboo-2011'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1951090/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Breaking the Taboo (2011)

2011 · 58 min · Documentary · United States


## Synopsis

Breaking the Taboo is a 2011 Brazilian documentary film about the war on drugs. The film recounts the history of the war on drugs, beginning with the 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs. Breaking the Taboo explores the conclusion reached by the Global Commission on Drug Policy in 2011 that drug liberalization is the best approach in dealing with drug policy.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Fernando Grostein Andrade](https://cinepixo.com/people/fernando-grostein-andrade)
- **Screenplay:** [Fernando Grostein Andrade](https://cinepixo.com/people/fernando-grostein-andrade)
- **Director of Photography:** [Fernando Grostein Andrade](https://cinepixo.com/people/fernando-grostein-andrade)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Lucas Lima](https://cinepixo.com/people/lucas-lima)
- **Producer:** [Richard Branson](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-branson), [Luciano Huck](https://cinepixo.com/people/luciano-huck)

## Cast

- [Jimmy Carter](https://cinepixo.com/people/jimmy-carter)
- [Fernando Henrique Cardoso](https://cinepixo.com/people/fernando-henrique-cardoso)
- [Bill Clinton](https://cinepixo.com/people/bill-clinton)
- [Anthony Papa](https://cinepixo.com/people/anthony-papa)
- [Drauzio Varella](https://cinepixo.com/people/drauzio-varella)
- [Ruth Dreifuss](https://cinepixo.com/people/ruth-dreifuss)
- [Gro Harlem Brundtland](https://cinepixo.com/people/gro-harlem-brundtland)
- [Paulo Coelho](https://cinepixo.com/people/paulo-coelho)

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Official site: http://breakingthetaboo.info/
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/breaking-the-taboo-2011
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