The Heroin Wars

In 1964, director Adrian Cowell and cameraman Chris Menges went to the mountainous Shan region of eastern Burma to film the emerging Shan revolutionary forces in their bloody civil war against the fascist military dictatorship. The impoverished Shans had only one way to finance their war of liberation - opium. Cowell has returned to Shan State several times over the last 30 years to record the ongoing civil war and the burgeoning opium trade. The heroin wars story is told in three parts.

English
  • TheTVDB.com Series ID 479027
  • Status Ended
  • First Aired July 6, 1996
  • Recent July 20, 1996
  • Network Channel 4
  • Average Runtime 50 minutes
  • Genres Documentary
  • Original Country Great Britain
  • Original Language English
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  • Episode Screenshot Format 16:9 Screencap
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Season 1 July 1996 July 1996 3
Unassigned Episodes 0
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Unassigned Episodes 3

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