It will be out in February nationwide, and currently just playing in 3 movie theatres nationwide. One here in Austin, one in Las Vegas, and one in Los Angeles.
The movie is a +/- 90 min documentary about the violence in Juarez, Mexico; the border town and drug cartel war zone.
I decided to do some research when i got home and thought I'd share the numbers I found:
- Iraq total nation population: 30million nationwide
- Juarez, Mexico - City population: 1.2million
- Austin City Population: 790k
- Washington DC City Population: 617k
In 2010, DC had 132 murders. In 2011, DC had 108
In 2010, Austin had 37 murders. In 2011, Austin had 27.
In 2010, Iraq had 4,045 civilian deaths, in 2011, there were 4,087. (nationwide)
In 2010, Juarez had 3,113 murders, predictions were for 5,000 murders in 2011. (couldn't find official count)
Here's the trailer for it:
It saddens me that somehow this city that borders the most powerful country in the world isn't getting the coverage that it should. Why don't people care?
1 comment:
My guesses: A) It's a foreign country, B) people are morally disarmed and feel helpless.
Most people think drugs should be illegal because they think we must save people from themselves, yet making drugs illegal destroys entire countries and cities, fills jails for no reason, destroy lives, and creates cultures of violence all over the world.
Therefore, they feel like the right (moral) choice of action is hopeless and they see no way out and have no moral fire left for this issue. They give up.
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