Maria Full of Grace

The international illegal drug trade remains one of cinema’s most persistently mined, yet frustratingly narrow, veins. All too often, narratives fixate solely on the triumvirate of law enforcement heroes, the flamboyant criminal overlords chasing illusory empires, or the tragic addicts and their shattered families – the trade’s ultimate, visible casualties. Rarely does the lens descend to capture the vast, faceless…