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Which 1971 film, starring the musical duo Los Tigres del Norte, established the narco-corrido subgenre of cinema where drug trafficking ballads are dramatised into feature-length films, a precursor to modern narco-series?
Answer: Contrabando y traicion — Contrabando y traicion ('Contraband and Betrayal') is simultaneously a hit song and a film — the song about Camelia la Texana became so popular it spawned an entire cinematic cycle of narcocorrido movies.
- A El crimen del padre Amaro
- B La ley de Herodes
- C Contrabando y traicion ✓
- D El infierno
Contrabando y traicion ('Contraband and Betrayal') is simultaneously a hit song and a film — the song about Camelia la Texana became so popular it spawned an entire cinematic cycle of narcocorrido movies.