Smoke Screen: Documentaries on Marijuana
Documentary titles on various aspects of pot culture. Topics include medical marijuana, legalization efforts, and the war on drugs.
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1.
The Culture High
(2014 Documentary)
Scours the deep-seated roots of this morally induced Marijuana campaign and reveal the fascinating path it has taken to get to where it is today. (120 mins.)
Director: Brett Harvey
2.
Rolling Papers
(2015 Documentary)
In 2014, recreational marijuana sales began in Colorado. With all eyes on ground zero of the green rush, The Denver Post appointed the world's first marijuana editor. Pot is legal and The Cannabist is covering it as it unfolds. (79 mins.)
Director: Mitch Dickman
3.
Boardwalk Hempire: The Rise and Fall of the Medical Kush Beach Club
(2014 Documentary)
The Medical Kush Beach Club was the first and last medical marijuana store ever allowed in Venice Beach... (89 mins.)
4.
Legalize It
(2014 Documentary)
A documentary that follows prop 19 - The 2010 Tax and regulate Cannabis campaign in California. (80 mins.)
Director: Dan Katzir
5.
Let Timmy Smoke
(2014 Documentary)
LET TIMMY SMOKE follows several characters in the cannabis industry leading up to the 2010 California election and the vote on Proposition 19... (107 mins.)
Director: Joshua Levine
6.
Mile High: The Comeback of Cannabis
(2014 Documentary)
The first of it's kind in the history of film- a live-action comedy, set to a major historical event...
Director: Anthony Hashem
7.
One Good Year
(2014 Documentary)
Humboldt County, where people plant marijuana and grow a community. (80 mins.)
Director: Mikal Jakubal
8.
RxCannabis: A Freedom Tale
(2014 Documentary)
A story of "people power" - the story follows three ordinary heroes - Pam, Craig, and Rudy - who use... (83 mins.)
Director: Harvey Stein
9.
American Drug War 2: Cannabis Destiny
(2013 Documentary)
Director Kevin Booth navigates through the cutting edge of Cannabis research while becoming a foster parent to a child court ordered to take powerful mind altering drugs. (90 mins.)
Director: Kevin Booth
10.
Bad Seed: A Tale of Mischief, Magic and Medical Marijuana
(2013 Documentary)
Bad Seed is the tale of a tiny little seed that some see as good and others believe is evil. Cannabis... (76 mins.)
Director: Shayne Metcalfe
11.
Blood Ganja
(2013 Documentary)
Prohibition does not work. This is a story of one citizen marked guilty by the Military Industrial Complex...
Director: Daniel Bollag, Anthony Ferro
Stars: Joshua Braun
12.
Citizen Marc
(2013 Documentary)
Biopic about famed Canadian pot activist Marc Emery, who is currently serving 5 years in a US penitentiary... (92 mins.)
Director: Roger Evan Larry
Stars: Marc Emery
13.
Evergreen: The Road to Legalization
(2013 Documentary)
A documentary on how Washington State legalized recreational marijuana and the effects of this decision on the state, the nation and the world. (86 mins.)
Director: Riley Morton
14.
420 - The Documentary
(2013 Documentary)
Thousands peacefully smoke pot at 420 events - a stark contrast next to stories of college students, and others, who have been arrested, shot by police, and even murdered for mere possession of pot. (92 mins.)
Director: Amy Povah
15.
Grounded
(2013 Documentary)
Grounded is the high flying adventure of Pittsburgh marijuana smuggling brothers Terry and Jimmy Dougherty... (65 mins.)
Director: Sean Patrick Crowell
16.
Kasvukausi
(2013 Documentary)
Timo is a Finnish guy who wants to become a farmer. The authorities are against, because his crop is cannabis. (70 mins.)
Director: Sampsa Huttunen
17.
Tricky Bidness
(2013 Documentary)
Intelligent and engaging, the documentary 'Tricky Bidness' tells the story of how the politically progressive town of Arcata... (70 mins.)
Director: Lynne Canning, Joann Schuch
Stars: Peter Buckley
19.
California, 90420
(2012 Documentary)
The real story of "4:20 Somethings" living in California's semi-legalized marijuana culture. (83 mins.)
Director: Dean Shull
20.
Code of the West
(2012 Documentary)
At a time when the country is rethinking its drug policies large and small, one state raises to the forefront of national attention... (75 mins.)
Director: Rebecca Richman Cohen
21.
Higher Ground: Medical Marijuana in the Garden State
(2011 Documentary)
Director: Jessica Corry, Suha Gur
22.
Lynching Charlie Lynch
(2011 Documentary)
In 2006, Charlie Lynch was invited by the civic leaders of Morro Bay, CA to open a medical marijuana dispensary within the city limits... (100 mins.)
Director: Rick Ray
23.
A Norml Life
(2011 Documentary)
A documentary on the current state of medical marijuana in America. Personal stories from patients, doctors and caregivers verify its medical effectiveness while leading activist rally support to end prohibition. (60 mins.)
Director: Rod Pitman
24.
Square Grouper
(2011 Documentary)
A colorful portrait of Miami's pot smuggling scene of the 1970s, populated with redneck pirates, a ganja-smoking church, and the longest serving marijuana prisoner in American history. (100 mins.)
Director: Billy Corben
Stars: Robert Platshorn
25.
CannaBiz
(2010 Documentary)
CannaBiz unfolds in Grand Forks, BC, an eccentric border town nestled in the secluded Kootenay Mountains... (42 mins.)
Director: Lionel Goddard
26.
Cash Crop
(2010 Documentary)
An epic West Coast adventure to the heart of the Emerald Triangle and America's #1 Cash Crop. (83 mins.)
Director: Adam Ross
27.
Hempsters: Plant the Seed
(2010 Documentary)
The film follows the lively exploits of activists for (and against) the movement for the legalization of the hemp plant in America... (90 mins.)
Director: Michael Henning
28.
How Weed Won the West
(2010 Documentary)
With California and the rest of the country going bankrupt, one business is booming. 'How Weed Won the... (100 mins.)
Director: Kevin Booth
30.
What If Cannabis Cured Cancer
(2010 Documentary)
Could the chemicals found in marijuana prevent and even heal several deadly cancers? Could the tumor... (60 mins.)
Director: Len Richmond
31.
Marijuana Inc: Inside America's Pot Industry
(2009 Documentary)
CNBC's Trish Regan goes inside America's controversial marijuana industry. Going from California's marijuana...
Director: Trish Regan
32.
The Green Rush
(2008 Documentary)
For decades, outlaw marijuana cultivation has been a huge "hidden" industry fueling much of the region's economy, but pot farmers have remained subject to harassment and arrest by federal law-enforcement agencies. (54 mins.)
Director: Jason S. Edwards
33.
High: The True Tale of American Marijuana
(2008 Documentary)
Beyond the hysteria of Reefer Madness and past the deceptive lessons of "Just Say No", HIGH exposes the true story of America's war on drugs... (90 mins.)
Director: John Holowach
34.
Medicinal
(2008 Documentary)
In 1996, the legalization of medical marijuana won by the citizens of California and the DEA has been at war with the clinics ever since... (90 mins.)
Director: Dan Frank
35.
Medicinal 101
(2008 Documentary)
Taking a look at the people who have been affected by the DEA's war on Medical Marijuana. Interviews with lawyers, doctors, activists, and POW's. (90 mins.)
Director: Dan Frank
37.
The Naked Queen
(2007 Documentary)
A cultural critique of the mythic foundations of the war on drugs that has in essence become a war on cannabis. (85 mins.)
Director: Daryl Verville
38.
Prince of Pot: The U.S. vs. Marc Emery
(2007 Documentary)
Marc Emery, Canada's most prominent marijuana activist popularly known as the "Prince of Pot," faces extradition to the U.S...
Director: Nicholas Wilson
39.
Super High Me
(2007 Documentary)
Stand up comedian and marijuana user Doug Benson documents thirty days of pot free living and thirty days of non-stop use to compare the effects of both. (94 mins.)
Director: Michael Blieden
40.
The Union: The Business Behind Getting High
(2007 Documentary)
BC's illegal marijuana trade industry has evolved into a business giant, dubbed by some involved as 'The Union'... (104 mins.)
Director: Brett Harvey
41.
Stoned in Suburbia
(2005 Documentary)
Stoned In Suburbia is a social history film, examining the change in people's opinions to cannabis over the past 50 years... (43 mins.)
Director: Christopher Martin
42.
Waiting to Inhale
(2005 Documentary)
A documentary examining the science and the movement to legalize cannabis as medicine. (73 mins.)
Director: Jed Riffe
44.
Grass
(1999 Documentary)
The history of the American government's war on marijuana in the 20th century. (80 mins.)
Director: Ron Mann
46.
The Hemp Revolution
(1995 Documentary)
Anthony Clarke explores the history and uses of the hemp plant and looks at the economic and culture forces that are behind its prohibition. (73 mins.)
Director: Anthony Clarke
47.
Weed
(1972 Documentary)
Documentary about the prevalence and popularity of marijuana in the early 1970's. Featuring interviews with customs agents... (97 mins.)
Director: Alex de Renzy
48.
High Profits
(2015 TV Series)
Dreams of Empire. In Colorado a young couple set of with a dream to build the worlds first marijuana empire...