The Legend Of Shorty

Directors: Guillermo Galdos, Angus MacQueen
90 mins Film4 Archive

Filmmakers Angus Macqueen and Guillermo Galdos go on a perilous quest to try to find one of the world's most wanted men and most powerful drugs lord in history, Joaquin 'El Chapo' (Shorty) Guzman.

Joaquin 'El Chapo' (Shorty) Guzman is a near mythical figure, who has evaded capture for over ten years, he is - depending on who you talk to - either a brilliant business visionary, an amoral and ruthless murderer, a revolutionary hero or a magnanimous latter day Robin Hood. Filmmakers Angus Macqueen and Guillermo Galdos set themselves on a perilous and quixotic quest into the Mexican sierra and the heart of "Shorty's" forbidden lands to try to find him. What they discover will forever change the way we see the war on drugs.