Birds of Passage

9/9/2019

**_A brilliantly made crime saga about the clash between old-world tradition and new-world corruption_** > _I am not against telling stories, but I am against glorifying criminals and showing drug trafficking as glamorous. This confuses youths. I receive tonnes of messages from youths asking for help to be like my dad. They want to be that criminal, they send me photos dressed up like him, with his moustache, his hairstyle. Series about narcos have turned my father into a hero and given young people the idea that it is cool to be a drug trafficker._ - Sebastián Marroquín (born Juan Pablo Escobar), speaking about the TV show _Narcos_' depiction of his father, drug lord Pablo Escobar; "Pablo Escobar's son slams TV series for 'glorifying' criminals"; _Agence France-Presse_ (March 6, 201

9/30/2019

‘Birds of Passage’ feels like a gangster epic anchored by a people seeing their world view slowly slipping from their sight. It manages to make a narco narrative feel new and visually stunning on a broad dreamlike canvas, taking a creaky old Hollywood genre and moulding it into something altogether more entrancing. - Jake Watt Read Jake's full article... https://www.maketheswitch.com.au/article/review-birds-of-passage-a-visually-stunning-narcotised-gangster-epic