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The Heroin Wars
- 1996
- 1 season
- 51m per episode
- Documentary
Overview
History of the narcotics trade in Burma and the War on Drugs. In 1964, director Adrian Cowell and cameraman Chris Menges went to mountainous eastern Burma to film the Shan revolutionary forces fighting a bloody civil war against the military dictatorship. The impoverished Shans had only one way to finance the war: opium. Cowell has returned several times over the last 30 years to record the ongoing civil war and the burgeoning opium trade. The first and last episodes are produced in association with WGBH/FRONTLINE.
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Episodes
Ran for 1 season and 3 episodes (1996)
Details
- Status
- Ended
- Seasons
- 1
- Episodes
- 3
- First aired
- July 6, 1996
- Last aired
- July 20, 1996
- Original language
- English
- Countries
- United Kingdom
Network
Production
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