The Opium Kings
Brief Synopsis
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Filmmaker Adrian Cowell ventures into a remote corner of Myanmar (Burma) known as Shan State, where much of the world's heroin originates. The program chromicles the rise and fall of Khun Sa, a Shan nationalist leader and warlord who has long been a chief target of U.S. drug enforcement. In intervie
Cast & Crew
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Adrian Cowell
Director
Joe Rosenbloom Iii
Robert Gelbard
Scott Privott
Don Ferrarone
Burt Levin
Film Details
Also Known As
Frontline (05/20/97), Opium Kings
Genre
Documentary
Release Date
1997
Technical Specs
Duration
60m
Synopsis
Filmmaker Adrian Cowell ventures into a remote corner of Myanmar (Burma) known as Shan State, where much of the world's heroin originates. The program chromicles the rise and fall of Khun Sa, a Shan nationalist leader and warlord who has long been a chief target of U.S. drug enforcement. In interviews with drug-war figures ranging from opium farmers to U.S. officials, Cowell unravels the complex political, economic and diplomatic web that surrounds the heroin business.
Director
Adrian Cowell
Director
Crew
Tony Anscombe
Sound
Steve Audette
Avid Editor
Marrie Campbell
Editor
Mario Cardenas
Sound
Pee Chalawug
Photography
Richard Chisolm
Photography
Adrian Cowell
Writer
Adrian Cowell
Producer
June Cross
Producer
Anne Del Castillo
Other
Lee Ann Donner
Production
David Fanning
Executive Producer
Luis Gutierrez
On-Line Editor
Shady Hartshorne
Avid Editor
Roger James
Executive Producer
Ned Johnston
Camera
Greg Kelly
Photography
Jeff Kenton
Sound
Michael Kirk
Producer
Min Lee
Assistant
Tracy Loskoski
Research Assistant
Tim Mangini
Post-Production
Dan Mccabe
Producer
Dan Mccabe
Editor
Luke Menges
Assistant
Debra Morton
Other
Miri Navasky
Researcher
Surapol Ngamkhum
Sound
Robert O'connell
Unit Manager
Karen O'connor
Story By
Dennis O'reilly
Graphics
Valerie E Opara
Unit Manager
Satharn Pairaoh
Producer
Robin Parmelee
Line Producer
Mary G Rabinow
Post-Production
Robert Silverthorne
Sound
Michael Sullivan
Executive Producer
Sharon Tiller
Producer
Terry Twigg
Editor
Joe Vitagliano
Photography
Eileen Walsh
Other
Tracy Whitehouse
Production Assistant
Andrea Davis Williams
Production Assistant
Peter Yung
Photography
Film Details
Also Known As
Frontline (05/20/97), Opium Kings
Genre
Documentary
Release Date
1997
Technical Specs
Duration
60m
