La Carnada

Imagine, you live in Mexico, have a critically ill mother and no money for medicines, what do you do then? 13-year-old Manny decides to smuggle drugs on the ‘Devil’s Highway’, a vast desert area between Mexico and Arizona (US).

This short fiction film is part of the lesson package Drugs about the many consequences of drug trafficking, the war on drugs and drug addiction.

The other two short films in this pack are:

Haiduc – a documentary about a 15 year old boy who is addicted.
War on Drugo – an animated film about the war on drugs.