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What if we could get theaters to show a fair documentary on Marijuana?
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What if we as Marijuana lovers could somehow unite and work together to get a fair and educational documentary (such as The Union) in theaters? I think it would bring about a radically different image of Marijuana to the general public. What if all stoners worked together and contributed capital in order for this to happen? Maybe NORML could be behind it and everyone could donate to that cause. What are your thoughts on this? I don't know about you guys but I want to see change on this completely unfair criminalization within my lifetime. If jackasses like Ben Stein can do things on this level then why can't we?

We need to transform our society's mind on this issue for the benefit of humanity. I mean, even growing hemp here in America is illegal! Anything that has anything to do with Marijuana is immediately abolished without any logical thought. The government says Marijuana is harmful yet they approve of the synthetic version of it? This is insane. And people eat up whatever the government tells them.

How hard would it be for you to give up some of your money for a cause such as this? I mean, we have people fervently giving 10% of their income at churches. Yet there are plenty of Cannabis lovers here on these forums who have never done a single thing for a Marijuana related cause.

What do you think about this?


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Edited by Nihlus (08/03/09 11:15 PM)

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Re: What if we could get theaters to show a fair documentary on Marijuana? [Re: Nihlus]
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What if we could get the mainstream news to start talking about the many tragedies that happen on a daily basis because of the war on marijuana ?


I posted a while back that the best way to expose the drug war would be through a well done, high budget movie that shows lives being ruined because of the war- based on true stories :thirdeyeani:

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Re: What if we could get theaters to show a fair documentary on Marijuana? [Re: skatealex2]
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I really like that idea. So you mean kind of an awareness raising fictional film sort of like Blood Diamond was?


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Re: What if we could get theaters to show a fair documentary on Marijuana? [Re: skatealex2]
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skatealex2 said:
What if we could get the mainstream news to start talking about the many tragedies that happen on a daily basis because of the war on marijuana ?


I posted a while back that the best way to expose the drug war would be through a well done, high budget movie that shows lives being ruined because of the war- based on true stories :thirdeyeani:


Start with the racial, greedy past that created the present laws, show the present along with those suffering from the "war", and then show the possible future, where the economy is thriving, the people are healthier, smarter, etc. Lower crime rates, happier farmers, breakthrough marijuana research (fuels, meds, etc),,,


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Re: What if we could get theaters to show a fair documentary on Marijuana? [Re: Nihlus]
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Nihlus said:
I really like that idea. So you mean kind of an awareness raising fictional film sort of like Blood Diamond was?


yeah.  but I was thinking it would be tight if there were like 3 mini movies in one.                that show different stories.


for example:

the first story can be about a teenager that liked to smoke weed at parties or on his free time, and eventually he gets busted somehow and killed in jail..  the whole story can actually just be the events leading up to it----- obviously the characters will be interesting people and such.    but I've heard plenty of stories about young people who died or got raped in jail over weed.


second story could be about people that abuse pills or something.  maybe show the negative side of pills.  - shows that the movie isn't saying use drugs.


then the third story can be about a father that smokes weed and in the end gets his house siezed and his family gets ruined because of the DEA-  base it on someone's real story.




Maybe I should pitch this idea to some celebrities that are trying to help the marijuana movement.  maybe I can get hooked up 



:potleaf::mushroom2::thirdeyeani::mushroom2::potleaf:
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Re: What if we could get theaters to show a fair documentary on Marijuana? [Re: skatealex2]
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This movie won't happen untill it's legalized, :lol:

The government has a way with censoring things that make them look stupid.


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Re: What if we could get theaters to show a fair documentary on Marijuana? [Re: skatealex2]
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skatealex2 said:
Nihlus said:
I really like that idea. So you mean kind of an awareness raising fictional film sort of like Blood Diamond was?


yeah.  but I was thinking it would be tight if there were like 3 mini movies in one.                that show different stories.


for example:

the first story can be about a teenager that liked to smoke weed at parties or on his free time, and eventually he gets busted somehow and killed in jail..  the whole story can actually just be the events leading up to it----- obviously the characters will be interesting people and such.    but I've heard plenty of stories about young people who died or got raped in jail over weed.


second story could be about people that abuse pills or something.  maybe show the negative side of pills.  - shows that the movie isn't saying use drugs.


then the third story can be about a father that smokes weed and in the end gets his house siezed and his family gets ruined because of the DEA-  base it on someone's real story.




Maybe I should pitch this idea to some celebrities that are trying to help the marijuana movement.  maybe I can get hooked up 



:potleaf::mushroom2::thirdeyeani::mushroom2::potleaf:
:potleaf::mushroom2::thirdeyeani::mushroom2::potleaf:



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Re: What if we could get theaters to show a fair documentary on Marijuana? [Re: metalmorph]
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:eek:

she's probably not easy to reach though and maybe a little too conventional.

I need to get an interesting director behind this :strokebeard2:


maybe the south park guys would do it

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Re: What if we could get theaters to show a fair documentary on Marijuana? [Re: skatealex2]
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skatealex2 said:
:eek:

she's probably not easy to reach though and maybe a little too conventional.

I need to get an interesting director behind this :strokebeard2:


maybe the south park guys would do it


Cause the south park guys make fair, educational documentaries...

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Re: What if we could get theaters to show a fair documentary on Marijuana? [Re: Nihlus]
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Nihlus said:
What if we as Marijuana lovers could somehow unite and work together to get a fair and educational documentary (such as The Union) in theaters? I think it would bring about a radically different image of Marijuana to the general public. What if all stoners worked together and contributed capital in order for this to happen? Maybe NORML could be behind it and everyone could donate to that cause. What are your thoughts on this? I don't know about you guys but I want to see change on this completely unfair criminalization within my lifetime. If jackasses like Ben Stein can do things on this level then why can't we?

We need to transform our society's mind on this issue for the benefit of humanity. I mean, even growing hemp here in America is illegal! Anything that has anything to do with Marijuana is immediately abolished without any logical thought. The government says Marijuana is harmful yet they approve of the synthetic version of it? This is insane. And people eat up whatever the government tells them.

How hard would it be for you to give up some of your money for a cause such as this? I mean, we have people fervently giving 10% of their income at churches. Yet there are plenty of Cannabis lovers here on these forums who have never done a single thing for a Marijuana related cause.

What do you think about this?


I agree with everything you say, but even if somehow an unbiased educational documentary did make its way into theaters, think about the audience. Do you think that people against marijuana are going to pay to see it? No, probably not. Maybe the people who are radically against it and want to see it so that they can dispute it, but it doesn't much matter if they saw it since their minds won't be changed anyways. In all likelyhood, the main audience would consist of people who are fully against the war on drugs (people who are already on our side) and people who are whole-heartedly for it (people whose minds won't be changed).

The people it would need to reach would be those in the middle of the spectrum who don't have a strong opinion one way or another. Those would be the people we would hope to target, but they are also the individuals that probably wouldn't be inclined to pay to see a documentary about marijuana.

It is a good idea though. And maybe if it were done in a way that could make it appealing to wider audiences, it could really benefit things.


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Re: What if we could get theaters to show a fair documentary on Marijuana? [Re: alternatereality]
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http://theunionmovie.com/TheUnionWeb.html

It's the best marijuana documentary I've seen; I plan on emailing a link to a .torrent of it once she gets sound back on her computer...

It's conducted in such a way, especially at the very end, which leaves you kind of in awe that the blankets have been pulled over your eyes for that long on such a broad array of issues and subject matter.

Check it out, if you haven't already seen it yet.

Bringing it into the "mainstream" would be a good idea -- no $$ necessary for movie production and such. However just burning copies of it and spreading the knowledge may work better because the posters above are right
-- nobody big is going to want to pick up a documentary about pot to hit theaters in the spring of 2012 next to family films and such.


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Edited by 0kehSt0nr (08/04/09 03:25 AM)

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Re: What if we could get theaters to show a fair documentary on Marijuana? [Re: Nihlus]
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This is possible, with cutting out the production of a movie.

Using the Union as, generally the best movie out there, we can petition local movie theaters to show this documentary.

I know of at least one college movie theater that if you get enough signatures, then you're allowed to air what ever the hell you like.

It's our responsibility as peaceful marijuana users to spread the truth, so why not do this?

Edit: Brain blast...

Using past knowledge of such things, you can donate copies of media to libraries and you can also say donate a magazine to hospitals, and basically anywhere. If you own a business such as a doctors office, you can play it in your waiting room, if you own a store with a television, play it in there.


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Edited by metalmorph (08/04/09 03:38 AM)

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Re: What if we could get theaters to show a fair documentary on Marijuana? [Re: Nihlus]
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I wish Michael Moore would do one.  Even if you don't like him, you gotta admit that it would be seen in theaters. 










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Re: What if we could get theaters to show a fair documentary on Marijuana? [Re: metalmorph]
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metalmorph said:
It's our responsibility as peaceful marijuana users to spread the truth, so why not do this?


:thumbup:
I'll give my college campus a call about this in a couple of hours when they're open =P.

Good luck to you -- gotta spread the word the best you can.

Oh and the signatures shouldn't be a real problem -- just gotta get the info on the loopholes n shit and grab some forms that'll feel so nice to fill out.,,, with a new gel pen!

lets throw the ball into the fed's court.  :dancing:

Gonna buy myself a nice gel pen after these amps kickin =D


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Edited by 0kehSt0nr (08/04/09 04:06 AM)

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Re: What if we could get theaters to show a fair documentary on Marijuana? [Re: 0kehSt0nr]
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0kehSt0nr said:
metalmorph said:
It's our responsibility as peaceful marijuana users to spread the truth, so why not do this?


:thumbup:
I'll give my college campus a call about this in a couple of hours when they're open =P.

Good luck to you -- gotta spread the word the best you can.

Oh and the signatures shouldn't be a real problem -- just gotta get the info on the loopholes n shit and grab some forms that'll feel so nice to fill out.,,, with a new gel pen!

lets throw the ball into the fed's court.  :dancing:

Gonna buy myself a nice gel pen after these amps kickin =D


That's the spirit!

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Re: What if we could get theaters to show a fair documentary on Marijuana? [Re: metalmorph]
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Yo other people sitting idly at your computer putting together a kickass playlist, or server config, or whatever the fuck you are doing,

just try a /little/ bit. small steps at first, then onto great strides. If all works out, as it ought to, it'd be pushed center stage onto our media circus.

I'm thinking "The Union" could stand a chance since they even had that tidbit of information thrown in there somewhere where it states:
"All you need is 50% of congress and the approval of one man; it's not that difficult." Or something along those lines.

I'm sure it's true, and if the public gets a decent exposure to the lies spouted from "trusted" officials, the "authoritative" edge they once had would be put up for closer inspection =D
Leaving the pot-smoking community to rally together;
it's a fight that they've had coming at them for quite a while...


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Re: What if we could get theaters to show a fair documentary on Marijuana? [Re: Nihlus]
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Nihlus said:
I don't know about you guys but I want to see change on this completely unfair criminalization within my lifetime.


THEN CLICK on the 2nd link in my SIG!!!


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Re: What if we could get theaters to show a fair documentary on Marijuana? [Re: Captain Caveman]
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Captain Caveman said:
Start with the racial, greedy past that created the present laws, show the present along with those suffering from the "war", and then show the possible future, where the economy is thriving, the people are healthier, smarter, etc. Lower crime rates, happier farmers, breakthrough marijuana research (fuels, meds, etc),,,


People against drugs would see that as biased.

the fact is is that antidrug movements holds more of the power than we do, and until that power shifts to our favor, i say hold off on the documentary


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Edited by LicHmicrO (08/04/09 06:00 AM)

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Re: What if we could get theaters to show a fair documentary on Marijuana? [Re: skatealex2]
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skatealex2 said:
Nihlus said:
I really like that idea. So you mean kind of an awareness raising fictional film sort of like Blood Diamond was?


yeah.  but I was thinking it would be tight if there were like 3 mini movies in one.                that show different stories.


for example:

the first story can be about a teenager that liked to smoke weed at parties or on his free time, and eventually he gets busted somehow and killed in jail..  the whole story can actually just be the events leading up to it----- obviously the characters will be interesting people and such.    but I've heard plenty of stories about young people who died or got raped in jail over weed.


second story could be about people that abuse pills or something.  maybe show the negative side of pills.  - shows that the movie isn't saying use drugs.


then the third story can be about a father that smokes weed and in the end gets his house siezed and his family gets ruined because of the DEA-  base it on someone's real story.




Maybe I should pitch this idea to some celebrities that are trying to help the marijuana movement.  maybe I can get hooked up 



:potleaf::mushroom2::thirdeyeani::mushroom2::potleaf:
:potleaf::mushroom2::thirdeyeani::mushroom2::potleaf:


5 shrooms dude
we are on to something :strokebeard:


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Re: What if we could get theaters to show a fair documentary on Marijuana? [Re: skatealex2]
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skatealex2 said:
:eek:

maybe the south park guys would do it



no fuckn way dude, noone would take it seriosly


"Do you think that people against marijuana are going to pay to see it?"

Actually i do. The movie will project a healthy image.

But we should start campaigning with other things as well - mainly we should push an EDUCATION campaign - education and awareness of mind altering substances. And porject a healthy image - healthy as in opposite of common house-wife-protect-the-kids type image weed is evil. Know what im saying?

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