Somos. is a Netflix limited series created by James Schamus and co-written with Monika Revilla and novelist Fernanda Melchor. It is based on the article "How the U.S. triggered a massacre in Mexico"[1] by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Ginger Thompson. It tells the story of the massacre perpetrated by the Los Zetas cartel on the border town of Allende, Coahuila, in 2011.[2][3][4]
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| Genre | Drama |
| Created by | James Schamus |
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| Composer | Victor Hernández Stumpfhauser |
| Country of origin | Mexico |
| Original language | Spanish |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 6 |
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| Cinematography | Ignacio Prieto |
| Editor | Soledad Salfate |
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| Original network | Netflix |
| Original release | June 30, 2021 (2021-06-30) |
Somos. is a portrait of the Mexican border town of Allende. It follows the stories of various townspeople on the days leading up to the massacre of March 2011.[5][6]
| No. | Title | Directed by | Teleplay by | Original release date |
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| 1 | "The Lazy Herd" | Álvaro Curiel | James Schamus | June 30, 2021 (2021-06-30) |
| 2 | "A Mouth Full of Flies" | Álvaro Curiel | Monika Revilla | June 30, 2021 (2021-06-30) |
| 3 | "Tell the Moon to Come" | Mariana Chenillo | Monika Revilla | June 30, 2021 (2021-06-30) |
| 4 | "A Walk with Wolves" | Mariana Chenillo | Monika Revilla | June 30, 2021 (2021-06-30) |
| 5 | "The Night Belongs to Us" | Álvaro Curiel | James Schamus | June 30, 2021 (2021-06-30) |
| 6 | "Somos." | Álvaro Curiel | James Schamus | June 30, 2021 (2021-06-30) |
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