“Now that Tony Montana is on pajamas, it’s time to let his fairytale sleep. Rakontur’s documentaries deliver Florida’s raw, rugged and rich to your home. For real.”
Loaded - Meet the Worlds Most Evil Woman
“Guns. Drugs. Violent death. loaded looks at Cocaine Cowboys, the new film about the men - and one violent lady - behind the drugs war that inspired Scarface. “
GQ (UK) - High Society
“The rise and fall of the worlds cocaine capital, Miami, on film. ”
Total Film UK - What it’s like to make a Coke Movie
“Cocaine Cowboys‘ Billy Corben talks Guns’n'Gak… ”
Empire Magazine (UK) - Invasion USA
“Chainsaw murders. Colombian hitmen. Bent cops. If you thought Scarface was pure fiction, prepare for Cocaine Cowboys, the shocking real story behind Miami’s drug wars.”
AP - “Film on Miami drug trade is a bootleg hit even before release”
“Between bootleg DVDs and strong word-of-mouth, “Cocaine Cowboys” - named for a term made popular by the media in the ’70s and ’80s - had already become an underground hit in Miami before its theatrical release Friday.”
“A look back at Miami’s vices: drugs, cash, killings…”"
Ocean Drive Magazine - Miami’s Vice Decade
“Local filmmakers Alfred Spellman and Billy Corben investigate South Florida’s glamorous and violent ’80s in their documentary Cocaine Cowboys“
“Rewind/Fast Forward Film & Video Festival showcases ‘Cocaine Cowboys’, a documentary about the real-life inspiration behind ‘Miami Vice’”
Miami New Times - Big Story, Big Screen
“Two documentary filmmakers capture a time and place in Cocaine Cowboys.”
Miami New Times - Confessions of a Trafficker
“Jon Roberts was a big-time Miami coke dealer who did time in the big house.”
“While the hyper pace of Cocaine Cowboys is obviously meant to emulate the feeling of being on coke, for anyone who’s met Corben and Spellman, one wonders if it’s just a case of method filmmaking. These guys think fast and talk even faster—think Sean Penn in Carlito’s Way.”
“Billy Corben and Alfred Spellman document Florida’s seedy underbelly.”
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