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Heroin wars. 1, The opium convoys / Bullfrog Films presents ; produced in association with WGBH/Frontline ; producer, Michael Kirk ; director, Adrian Cowell ; Carlton UK Television.
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- Burmese
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Heroin.
- Opium trade--Golden Triangle (Southeast Asia).
- Opium trade.
- Opium trade--Government policy--Burma.
- Opium trade--Thailand.
- Opium trade--Burma.
- Opium poppy growers--Burma.
- Opium poppy growers.
- Drug traffic--Southeast Asia--Golden Triangle--History.
- Drug traffic.
- Drug traffic--Burma.
- Drug control--Burma.
- Drug control.
- International relations.
- History.
- Autonomy and independence movements.
- Opium trade--Government policy.
- Burma--History--Autonomy and independence movements.
- Burma.
- Burma--Economic conditions.
- Economic conditions.
- Golden Triangle (Southeast Asia)--History.
- Golden Triangle (Southeast Asia).
- United States--Foreign relations--Burma.
- United States.
- Burma--Foreign relations--United States.
- Burma--Politics and government--1948-.
- Politics and government.
- Southeast Asia.
- Thailand.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Nonfiction films.
- Feature films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 streaming video file (50 min.) : digital, sound, color with black and white sequences
- Other Title:
- Opium convoys
- Place of Publication:
- [Oley, PA] : [Distributed by] Bullfrog Films, [2014]
- Language Note:
- In English and Burmese with English subtitles.
- System Details:
- System requirements: Firefox 4 and up; Safari 5.0 and up; Chrome version 21 and up; Internet Explorer 8 and up; Flash or HTML5 player.
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- video file
- Summary:
- This first episode of the Heroin wars begins in the 1960's when the Burmese Army seized power in a coup and the Shans began a war of independence. Opium was the Shan farmers' only source of income and the guerillas began to take 10% of the crop as tax and transported it in convoys to Thailand to buy guns. And so a deadly alliance was born. In the 1970's, as part of Richard Nixon's war on drugs, the U.S. joined in an all-out attack on the convoys in union with the Thai police. Lo Hsing-Han, the first "King of Opium" was arrested but the opium trade continued under the second "King of Opium" Khun Sa.
- Participant:
- Commentary by Adrian Cowell.
- Credits:
- Camera, Chris Menges ; editor, Terry Twigg ... [et al.].
- Notes:
- Title from title frames.
- "Filmed over thirty years, 1964-1996."
- Originally produced by: Carlton UK Television, c1996.
- Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed October 28, 2014).
- Publisher Number:
- bf-opium Docuseek2
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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