Seeds of Tragedy


2h 1991

Brief Synopsis

Traces a seedling of coca planted in Peru through the process of its growth, harvest, processing as cocaine, and shipment to the gang-controlled streets of Los Angeles while exploring its impact on the lives of everyone it touches along the way.

Film Details

Also Known As
Green Leaves White Death
Genre
Drama
Release Date
1991
Location
Los Angeles, California, USA; Mexico

Technical Specs

Duration
2h

Synopsis

Traces a seedling of coca planted in Peru through the process of its growth, harvest, processing as cocaine, and shipment to the gang-controlled streets of Los Angeles while exploring its impact on the lives of everyone it touches along the way.

Crew

A Morris Aimee

Set Production Assistant

Ignacio Ambriz

Key Grip

Jose Luis Augilar

Art Director

Claudia Becker

Casting

Greg Beebe

Dolly Grip

John Bernstein

Production Manager

Paul Berolzheimer

Sound Editor

Bonnie Blake

Assistant Camera Operator

Thomas L Callaway

Camera Operator

Mariano Carranco

Production Assistant

Barbara Cassal

Set Decorator

Doug Chartier

Electrician

Doug Chartier

Dolly Grip

Mario Davis

Key Grip

Beatrice Dealba

Hair

Linda Del Canto

Assistant

Laura Deluisa

Hair Assistant

Laura Deluisa

Makeup Assistant

David Dworetzky

Post-Production Assistant

Robert E. Engelman

Assistant Director

Robert E. Engelman

Producer

Javier Enriquez

Gaffer

Miguel Enriquez

Assistant Camera Operator

Joey Forsyte

Director Of Photography

Harry Frierson

Swing Gang

Roy Gittens

Electrician

Gerald Gouriet

Music

David Grant

Dialogue Editor

Eric Greenberg

Camera Assistant

Stephen Greenberg

Production Designer

Louis Greveling

Dialogue Editor

Rebecca Hilgen

Casting Associate

Darlene Honeycutt

Casting Associate

Jeff Hughes

Electrician

Steve Iriguchi

Key Grip

Bruce Irvin

Sound Editor

Rowan & Shanker Irwin

Production

Robert Janiger

Sound Mixer

Basia Jankowski

Production Auditor

Bill Jenkins

Driver

Brett Kester

Assistant

Nina Kraft

Makeup Supervisor

Julie Krane

On-Set Dresser

Alex Lasker

Screenplay

Jim Lennon

Assistant Location Manager

Lynn Leonhard

Assistant Editor

Len Levine

Gaffer

Alejandra Liceaga

Production Manager

Jeffrey Lippman

Production Assistant

Berna Listhart

Sound Mixer

Patricia Martin

On-Set Dresser

Ellen Mcdonald

Production Auditor

Gail Mcmullen

Assistant Costume Designer

Scott Meehan

Construction Coordinator

Cheryl A Miller

Assistant Production Coordinator

Ernesto Munoz

Boom Operator

Evan Nesbitt

Assistant Camera Operator

Bob Neville

Electrician

Jeffrey Newman

Casting Associate

Bob Numden

Production Assistant

Patricia Obscura

Script Supervisor

Joel Osborne

Swing Gang

Tom Overton

Color Timer

Dana Oxilia

Production Coordinator

Celso Pena

Property Master

Sarah Pillsbury

Executive Producer

Michael E Polakow

Editor

Leonard Pollack

Costume Designer

Greg Presser

Grip

Paul Rabjohns

Music

Jeff Raffner

Assistant Director

Darius Rahm

Location Manager

Bob Randles

Music

Jaime Reguant

Assistant Director

Hal Reinheimer

Grip

Joey Ressa

Electrician

Jesus Rodriguez

Dolly Grip

Jorge Rodriguez

Propman

Guillermo Rosas

Camera Operator

John Ross

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Ross Rubin

Production Assistant

Diego Sandoval

Location Manager

Midge Sanford

Executive Producer

Marco A Santander

Production Assistant

George W Scott

Boom Operator

Leon Serment

Assistant Camera Operator

Carrell Shaw

Props Assistant

William Shaw

Property Master

Darryl Shimoyama

Production Assistant

Sebastian Silva

Assistant Director

Melissa Skoff

Casting

Janet Ilene Sobel

Costume Supervisor

Jacqueline Stansbury

Production Associate

Susan Stremple

Production Supervisor

Shane Summers

Transportation Coordinator

Mark S Thomas

Script Supervisor

Lynn Tierney

Craft Service

Lisa Van Cott

Production Coordinator

R. Walter Vincent

Music Editor

Ross Warren

Electrician

Michael Winter

Assistant Director

Film Details

Also Known As
Green Leaves White Death
Genre
Drama
Release Date
1991
Location
Los Angeles, California, USA; Mexico

Technical Specs

Duration
2h

Quotes

Trivia

Miscellaneous Notes

Aired in United States June 17, 1991

Completed shooting January 1991.