1/ As your resident (settler) Colombian screenwriter, I get told a lot from producers that "we're done producing stories about Narcos.”

Here's why that's a problem:

2/ What do you actually mean when you say that? For a lot of us, this history has turbulently shaped our lives. Shying away from any story that includes this violence is a form of erasure.

3/ That my life is full, complex, and colorful today, is PRECISELY because my existence has been in resistance to the Narcos legacy. Unfortunately, the impact of this period in history is an intrinsic part of who I am. Not being able to include it, renders my stories incomplete.

4/ As a result, I should be allowed to authentically write about this history… the same way Americans are allowed to write about Civil War, or the White House… Seriously, how many more TV SHOWS COULD BE MADE ABOUT THE WHITE HOUSE!?

5/ The reason the Narcos narrative has been so hurtful to LatinX communities is because of WHO’S been allowed to tell it. You shouldn’t be done producing these stories. What you SHOULD BE done with is white American men having the monopoly on the representation of our history.

6/ I shouldn’t be allowed to tell my story because a white American man already did? That’s not how that works.

7/ Lastly, as your sober resident (settler) Colombian, on this Recovery Awareness Month + ‘Hispanic Heritage Month,’ I want to remind you that the violence of cocaine production is an Indigenous Sovereignty issue.

That's the tragic misrepresentation in the Narcos narrative.

8/ So don’t shy away from producing these histories— please just re-center who you hire to tell them.