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30 for 30: The Two Escobars
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A fascinating, informative, Jeff and Michael Zimbalist documentary that draws parallels between the lives of Colombian soccer star and captain Andrés Escobar and drug cartel kingpin Pablo Escobar as it chronicles the rise and eventual fall of the National Colombian Soccer Team, which was dubbed "narco-soccer" and funded by drug cartel money, through news clips, archival film footage, and interviews with Andre's sister María Ester Escobar and girlfriend Pamela Cascardo, head coach Francisco Maturana, soccer players (such as Alexis Garcia, Leonel Alvarez, Luis Fernando Herrera, Faustino Asprilla, Carlos ‘Pibe' Valderrama, and Barrabas Gómez), Pablo Escobar's cousin Jaime Gaviria Gómez and mother Luz María Escobar, Medellin drug lord Jhon Jairo ‘Popeye' Velásquez Vasquez, Cali drug lord Fernando Rodríguez Mondragón, DEA agent Tom Cash, former Columbian Soccer Federation President Juan José Bellini, and journalist César Mauricio Velásquez.

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Year:
2010
Rating:
 NR
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