OPENING THIS WEEK: MOVIE TRAILER: Cartel Land

Cartel Land is a 2015 documentary film about Mexican Drug War, especially vigilante groups fighting Mexican drug cartels, directed by Matthew Heineman. The film focuses on Tim "Nailer" Foley, the leader of Arizona Border Recon, and Dr José Mireles, a Michoacán-based physician who leads the Autodefensas.

Heineman won the Best Director Award and Special Jury Award for Cinematography for the film in the U.S. Documentary Competition at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival, where the documentary premiered. On February 12, 2015 Orchard Films acquired rights to the film.

Heineman got the idea for the film after reading about Arizona Border Recon in an article in Rolling Stone magazine. He was inspired by The Square in the making of the film. Tom Yellin produced the film with Heineman. Watch the trailer:

SYNOPSIS

A physician in Michoacán, Mexico leads a citizen uprising against the drug cartel that has wrecked havoc on the region for years. Across the U.S. border, a veteran heads a paramilitary group working to prevent Mexico's drug wars from entering U.S. territory

DIRECTED BY:

Matthew Heineman

THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE

•  July 3, 2015 (United States)