Cocaine Cowboys 2
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Cocaine Cowboys 2 is a 2008 documentary film about the story of Charles Cosby and the relationship he somehow struck up with Griselda Blanco
, the infamous figure who came to overshadow the latter half of the first documentary about the explosion of cocaine trade in Miami in the 70s/80s. It is a sequel to the 2006 film Cocaine Cowboys
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In 1991, Charles Cosby was selling ounces of cocaine on the inner-city streets of Oakland, California. Bringing in a couple grand a week, he was living the new American Dream.
Then he wrote a fan letter to "Cocaine Godmother" Griselda Blanco
— immortalized in rakontur
's Cocaine Cowboys - who was serving time at a nearby federal prison. Six months later, he was a multi-millionaire.
Charles was not only running Blanco's $40 million a year cocaine business, he was also her lover. When she recruited him to participate in a prison break that involved the kidnapping of JFK Jr., Charles knew he was in over his head.
Also known as The Black Widow, for her propensity to permanently dispose of her men when she's done with them (or when they betray her), Griselda would stop at nothing to ensure that Charles was faithful to her. And he would learn that lesson the hard way.
This is the story of a kid from the streets who (literally) gets in bed with a Columbian queenpin. It's New Jack City meets Scarface
— only the truth.
Griselda Blanco
Griselda Blanco is a former drug lord for the Medellín Cartel, and was a pioneer in the Miami-based cocaine drug trade and underworld during the 1970s and early 1980s.-Biography:...
, the infamous figure who came to overshadow the latter half of the first documentary about the explosion of cocaine trade in Miami in the 70s/80s. It is a sequel to the 2006 film Cocaine Cowboys
Cocaine Cowboys
Cocaine Cowboys is a 2006 documentary film directed by Billy Corben and produced by Alfred Spellman and Billy Corben through their Miami-based media studio Rakontur. The film explores the rise of cocaine and resulting crime epidemic that swept the American city of Miami, Florida in the 1970s and...
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In 1991, Charles Cosby was selling ounces of cocaine on the inner-city streets of Oakland, California. Bringing in a couple grand a week, he was living the new American Dream.
Then he wrote a fan letter to "Cocaine Godmother" Griselda Blanco
Griselda Blanco
Griselda Blanco is a former drug lord for the Medellín Cartel, and was a pioneer in the Miami-based cocaine drug trade and underworld during the 1970s and early 1980s.-Biography:...
— immortalized in rakontur
Rakontur
Rakontur is a Miami-based media studio founded by Alfred Spellman and Billy Corben in 2000.-History:Rakontur's feature documentary debut, Raw Deal: A Question of Consent, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2001, making Corben one of the youngest directors in Sundance history...
's Cocaine Cowboys - who was serving time at a nearby federal prison. Six months later, he was a multi-millionaire.
Charles was not only running Blanco's $40 million a year cocaine business, he was also her lover. When she recruited him to participate in a prison break that involved the kidnapping of JFK Jr., Charles knew he was in over his head.
Also known as The Black Widow, for her propensity to permanently dispose of her men when she's done with them (or when they betray her), Griselda would stop at nothing to ensure that Charles was faithful to her. And he would learn that lesson the hard way.
This is the story of a kid from the streets who (literally) gets in bed with a Columbian queenpin. It's New Jack City meets Scarface
Scarface (1983 film)
Scarface is a 1983 American epic crime drama movie directed by Brian De Palma, written by Oliver Stone, produced by Martin Bregman and starring Al Pacino as Tony Montana...
— only the truth.