Rafael Oliveira

Based on Mexico's current criminal climate, EL CÁRTEL is a rare look into the values and practices of the world's most intriguing and enigmatic industry - the multi-billion dollar business of drug trafficking. When Jules Land, a naïve business journalist, approaches Mexico's most notorious drug cartel and requests an audience with its leader, a one-time-priest turned murderous cutthroat, he quickl

The film visits people, elements, spaces, and memories of the Boquira Mining. The reckless extractive exploration dug tunnels in search of iron ore, between the late 1950s and 1992. This contradictory practice put the small town in the interior of Bahia on the Brazilian socio-economic map, with one of the largest lead reserves in the country, in the 1970s. One of the consequences is a gray mountain of tailings that contrasts with a history of joys, good memories, and accidents.