Spanning the notorious femicides in Ciudad Juárez in the north, to the killing of journalists in Veracruz in the south, this investigation chronicles the hundreds of murders in Mexico since the 1990s, and the insidious culture of cartel violence and state corruption behind them.

This masterful documentary is an epic reckoning with the continuing drug war in Mexico. Shooting interviews with journalists, priests, and activists in striking monochrome, Dark Suns is an antidote to exploitative Hollywood tales, giving voice to the victims of cartel violence and state corruption.