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EXCLUSIVE:<\/strong> Crave\u2019s upcoming true-crime doc series Narco Mennonites<\/em> has been handed a January 16 launch date in Canada. You can watch an exclusive trailer above.<\/p>\n The investigative series follows the true story of a Mennonite family that quietly transformed a rural Canadian town into the epicentre of a North American drug empire, and reveals how how members of a secretive religious community became entangled with cartel networks.<\/p>\n More from Deadline<\/strong><\/p>\n Last Word Entertainment is set to begin rolling the series out internationally, with Bell Media\u2019s Crave being the Canadian commissioner. Last Word made the show, which was unveiled during Crave\u2019s content showcase last year, alongside MEM, which is known for shows such as MasterChef Canada<\/em> and Canada\u2019s Got Talent<\/em>.<\/p>\n The series is written and directed by Sherry Fynbo, who also serves as executive producer alongside Nanci MacLean, Scott McGillivray, James Carroll, Justin Stockman and David Holthouse. Last Word is handling global distribution, with the series now being taken to international markets following its Canadian premiere.<\/p>\n \u201cNarco Mennonites<\/em> opens a hidden underworld that has never been documented on this scale,\u201d said Fynbo. \u201cGaining that level of access allowed us to tell an original story audiences haven\u2019t seen before.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThis propulsive investigative series is an ideal project for MEM\u2019s first foray into true crime factual programming,\u201d added executive producer McGillivray, who is CEO of MEM. \u201cWe are delighted to work with Sherry and Last Word in bringing additional engaging projects to the screen.\u201d<\/p>\n Following Narco Mennonites<\/em>, MEM and Last Word Entertainment are now formally teaming up to develop and produce multiple premium investigative projects together. This will see them pool MEM\u2019s large-scale production infrastructure and Last Word\u2019s focus on access-driven underworld storytelling, and \u201cseveral additional series\u201d already in development, they say.<\/p>\n Best of Deadline<\/strong><\/p>\n Sign up for Deadline’s Newsletter<\/a>. For the latest news, follow us on Facebook<\/a>, Twitter<\/a>, and Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source ca.news.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" EXCLUSIVE: Crave\u2019s upcoming true-crime doc series Narco Mennonites has been handed a January 16 launch date in Canada. You can watch an exclusive trailer above. 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