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Escapism or exaltation? 'Narco-culture' games raise concern in Mexico

In violence-riddled Mexico, children as young as 13 are hooked on bloody video games that vividly recreate the horrors of the ...
The New York Times

Odes to Mexican Drug Lords Are Pop Hits, but the Law Is Turning Against Them

Mexican artists built enormous audiences singing about drug cartels and narco culture. Cities and states are now moving against the style. Mexican artists built enormous audiences singing about drug ...
Malay Mail

Escapism or exaltation? Mexico wrestles with youth obsession over ‘narco-culture’ games

In violence-riddled Mexico, children as young as 13 are hooked on bloody video games that vividly recreate the horrors of the ...
Westword

Success and power are at the core of the hard-hitting Narco Cultura

The breadth of director Shaul Schwarz’s documentary Narco Cultura is staggering. A hybrid of hard investigative journalism and incisive cultural criticism, the film, at its core, is about definitions ...
Hyperallergic

Making Art from Narco Culture

Installation view of Eduardo Sarabia’s solo exhibition in Guadalajara, Mexico (all images courtesy of the artist) Fifteen years ago, the Mexican-American artist Eduardo Sarabia traveled from his home ...