Sicario is a 2015 action/thriller about the difference between the drug war and the "War on Drugs." We look at its complex themes and try to understand arguments about its portrayal of a strong female character, as well as life on the other side of the border.
Additional Resources:
- Federal agents conduct immigration enforcement raids in at least six states
- Are My Methods Unsound? Why ‘Sicario’ Is the ‘Apocalypse Now’ of the Drug War
- Portrayal of Juárez in ‘Sicario’ Vexes Residents Trying to Move Past Dark Times
- Sicario’s Dirty War on Mexican Cartels is Not Yet Reality
- Sicario film-makers faced demands to change female lead role to a man
- The Problem With ‘Strong’ Women
- Women and Hollywood
- Not Very Ladylike: Gender Stereotypes and How Sicario Subverts the Trope of the ‘Badass Lady-Cop’
- SPOILER ALERT: “SICARIO” FAILS THE BECHDEL TEST…BY A LOT