Revealing KINGDOM OF SHADOWS Trailer Here is the official KINGDOM OF SHADOWS trailer! The documentary, is written and directed by Bernardo Ruiz (Reportero). KINGDOM OF SHADOWS will be released in theaters on November 20. In Kingdom of Shadows, Bernardo Ruiz takes an unflinching look at the hard choices and destructive consequences of the U.S.-Mexico “drug war,” weaving together the stories of a U.S. drug enforcement agent on the border, an activist nun in violence-scarred Monterrey, Mexico, and a former Texas smuggler, to reveal the human side of an often misunderstood conflict that has resulted in a growing human-rights crisis that only recently has made international headlines.