Beneath the Cinder Block

Beneath the Cinder Block

Hollywood producer flees to Mexico during the pandemic, dreams of making a movie of his new life, becomes entangled with dangerous cartels, sentenced to life in Mexican prison, tests survival instincts and the cost of ambition. True Events

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Hollywood producer flees to Mexico during the pandemic, dreams of making a movie of his new life, becomes entangled with dangerous cartels, sentenced to life in Mexican prison, tests survival instincts and the cost of ambition. True Events

Written by Christopher Madani

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