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Dallas, TX - We are pleased to announce the completion and premiere of the documentary project, "HEMPSTERS: Plant the Seed," a passionate, outspoken and sometimes fiery treatise on industrial hemp and, specifically, on seven activists who, although separated by economics, geography and lifestyle, are allied in the fight to legalize the growing and utilization of Industrial Hemp. A project that has been in the works for seven years.
This film recently screened rough cuts of the project at The Santa Monica Film Festival and The Deep Ellum Film Festival in Dallas and is premiering in The Maui Film Festival June 11th-15th, 2003.
Woody Harrelson, Willie Nelson, Stephen Jenkins (Lead Singer of Third Eye Blind), Merle Haggard, Gatewood Galbraith, and Ralph Nader, Craig Lee, Donna Cockrell, Andrew and Jake Graves, Alex White Plume, Julia "Butterfly" Hill, Milos Yellow Hair, Tom Cook and Joe American Horse are the notables speaking out in "HEMPSTERS: Plant the Seed," each with a vested interest in championing this cause.
"HEMPSTERS: Plant the Seed" is an entertaining, and sometimes, outrageous journey of six years that follows these high profile activists and countless others in their fight to legalize Industrial Hemp. The original goal was to inform, educate, and dispute the countless misleading assumptions regarding this amazing plant. It not only fulfills this goal but is a satisfying sample of civil disobedience in its purest form.
From Woody Harrelson's arrest in Kentucky for planting seeds to a DEA-enforced raid of Industrial Hemp on a South Dakota Indian Reservation to a young woman tree-sitting for two years in an attempt to stop the ravaging of a forest in California, this documentary makes a solid case for reform.
The fight surrounding Industrial Hemp comes from its association with Marijuana. While Industrial Hemp is a cousin of the Marijuana plant, it only has trace amounts of THC and is incapable of being used as a drug. Hemp supporters see it as a wonder plant that has over 25,000+ potential uses. Industrial Hemp can be utilized to save forests, drastically cut the use of pesticides, produce energy, and to create a positive change in our world. The opponents see it as an evil plot to legalize Marijuana.
How the story will end no one knows, but the one truth is that this vibrant cast of characters will insure that the fight will be as colorful as any you have ever seen.
For more information visit: www.hempstersthemovie.com
For more information on The Maui Film Festival visit: mauifilmfestival.com
This film recently screened rough cuts of the project at The Santa Monica Film Festival and The Deep Ellum Film Festival in Dallas and is premiering in The Maui Film Festival June 11th-15th, 2003.
Woody Harrelson, Willie Nelson, Stephen Jenkins (Lead Singer of Third Eye Blind), Merle Haggard, Gatewood Galbraith, and Ralph Nader, Craig Lee, Donna Cockrell, Andrew and Jake Graves, Alex White Plume, Julia "Butterfly" Hill, Milos Yellow Hair, Tom Cook and Joe American Horse are the notables speaking out in "HEMPSTERS: Plant the Seed," each with a vested interest in championing this cause.
"HEMPSTERS: Plant the Seed" is an entertaining, and sometimes, outrageous journey of six years that follows these high profile activists and countless others in their fight to legalize Industrial Hemp. The original goal was to inform, educate, and dispute the countless misleading assumptions regarding this amazing plant. It not only fulfills this goal but is a satisfying sample of civil disobedience in its purest form.
From Woody Harrelson's arrest in Kentucky for planting seeds to a DEA-enforced raid of Industrial Hemp on a South Dakota Indian Reservation to a young woman tree-sitting for two years in an attempt to stop the ravaging of a forest in California, this documentary makes a solid case for reform.
The fight surrounding Industrial Hemp comes from its association with Marijuana. While Industrial Hemp is a cousin of the Marijuana plant, it only has trace amounts of THC and is incapable of being used as a drug. Hemp supporters see it as a wonder plant that has over 25,000+ potential uses. Industrial Hemp can be utilized to save forests, drastically cut the use of pesticides, produce energy, and to create a positive change in our world. The opponents see it as an evil plot to legalize Marijuana.
How the story will end no one knows, but the one truth is that this vibrant cast of characters will insure that the fight will be as colorful as any you have ever seen.
For more information visit: www.hempstersthemovie.com
For more information on The Maui Film Festival visit: mauifilmfestival.com