'Cocaine Cowboys' is getting an AI-enhanced makeover for its 20th birthday
The 2006 documentary 'Cocaine Cowboys' is receiving an AI-enhanced re-release for its 20th anniversary. Director Billy Corben utilized AI to sharpen visuals and create new reenactments to modernize the film for a new generation.
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This highlights the growing trend of using generative AI to restore and augment legacy media content.
AI-generated reconstruction of Griselda Blanco in "Cocaine Cowboys." Rakontur The cult documentary "Cocaine Cowboys" is celebrating its 20th anniversary in November. The movie will be re-released for free online and feature AI-enhanced scenes. Director Billy Corben and producer Alfred Spellman broke down their thought process exclusively to BI. Some movies celebrate an anniversary with a glossy Criterion Collection release; others get a multi-city theatrical run. The guys who made " Cocaine Cowboys " are celebrating its 20th anniversary a little differently. The beloved 2006 documentary, which chronicled how 1970s Miami became the ultraviolent entry point for the illegal drug trade in the US and introduced the world to " Godmother of Cocaine" Griselda Blanco , is getting a free re-release online — with some improvements.
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