For the most part an accurate dramatization of the beginning & ending of the cannabis trade out of northeast Colombia (Guajira region). From the mid '70s to the mid '80s millions of dollars of the weed was grown & transported by boat & small plane to the Americas, mostly Florida as U.S. destination. We see how it begins with a small indigenous Wayuu village being enticed into the trade, first by an alijunas (disparaged outsiders, usually European), but then as the millions roll in they begin to run the trade themselves (called the Bonanza Marimbera) with perhaps 80% of the farmers now planting weed instead of coffee. The Americans brought the seed, and it grew really well in the region's Sierra Nevada mountains. As a result of the vast influx of money the locals started building mansions everywhere even with nothing but barren land surrounding for miles. The Americans tired of seeing such an influx arranged a military alliance with the government. Result in '79 alone, 147 airplanes taken down; 60 boats sunk; herbicide sprayed everywhere.
The drama is broken into five chapters (songs) that show how the wealth affected & destroyed a family & village. One song partially as follows, "A story about a wild grass that came as a savior, but destroyed like locusts ... grass took other shapes and it was always joined by greed." Many non-actors (including some indigenous) & acting was not the greatest, but that added to it's authenticity.
The drama is broken into five chapters (songs) that show how the wealth affected & destroyed a family & village. One song partially as follows, "A story about a wild grass that came as a savior, but destroyed like locusts ... grass took other shapes and it was always joined by greed." Many non-actors (including some indigenous) & acting was not the greatest, but that added to it's authenticity.