Miami in the 1970s and 80s was a much more chaotic place than today, and that is in part because of a woman named Griselda Blanco. Known as La Madrina (or The Godmother), Blanco rose to become the city’s biggest cocaine dealer, leaving a path of death and destruction in her wake. Given the amount of films and shows made about some of history’s most notorious narcos, like Pablo Escobar and El Chapo, it was only a matter of time before someone made a quality story for the screen about the most infamous female drug trafficker known to date.
Starring Emmy-nominated, Colombian-American actor Sofía Vergara, “Griselda” brings to light a fresh take on the typical narco tale that at times can feel almost empowering — that is, until you discover just how grisly the queenpin could be.