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Somos. (2021)

Somos. poster
Directed by
Álvaro Curiel, Mariana Chenillo
Genre
drama
Country
Mexico
Length
1 season, 6 episodes
Rated
TV-MA
Rating
7.5 of 10 from 155 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This limited series shows the events leading up to and following a cartel massacre in a small Mexican border town. It follows the lives of local residents, the perpetrators, and law enforcement as the tragedy unfolds.

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What happens

Somos. is a Netflix limited series created by James Schamus and co-written with Monika Revilla and novelist Fernanda Melchor. It is based on the article "How the U.S. triggered a massacre in Mexico" by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Ginger Thompson. It tells the story of the massacre perpetrated by the Los Zetas cartel on the border town of Allende, Coahuila, in 2011. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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