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Michael Corleone Blanco and "Cocaine Cowboys" director Billy Corben talk to Business Insider about their podcast "The Real Griselda," which fact-checks the Netflix series.
There was a time when Michael Corleone Blanco didn't want to hear the name Billy Corben, let alone sit across from him.Corben's 2006 documentary "Cocaine Cowboys,"
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — How does the real-life Colombian godmother of cocaine, Griselda Blanco, measure up to her portrayal on Netflix’s popular, South Florida-set show “Griselda”? The answer, if you ask Miami filmmaker Billy Corben, is complex enough to fill a seven-episode podcast. “The Real Griselda,” which premiered earlier this month on audio platforms and YouTube, is co-hosted by Corben ...
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Billy Corben and Alfred Spellman talked to drug dealers and hitmen to make “Cocaine Cowboys.” When criminals get out of prison, they want to tell their stories to Corben and Spellman. The latest story in the franchise, “Cocaine Cowboys: The Kings of Miami,” hits Netflix Wednesday. Born and bred in Miami, Florida, director Billy Corben and producer Alfred Spellman grew up knowing a simple fact: Their city has been, and will always be, a sunny place for shady people. Whether it’s the refuge for retired mafia kingpins of the past, or the stomping grounds of infamous figures like O.J. S...