The film presents this map of US states with non-medical marijuana decriminalization laws.
State-level but not federal decriminalization of non-medical marijuana
No federal or state level decriminalization of non-medical marijuana
The film follows the history of US federal policies and social attitudes towards marijuana, beginning at the turn of the twentieth century. The history presented is broken up into parts, approximately the length of a decade, each of which is introduced by paraphrasing the official attitude towards marijuana at the time (e.g. "Marijuana will make you insane" or "Marijuana will make you addicted to heroin"), and closed by providing a figure for the amount of money spent during that period on the "war on marijuana."
The film places much of the blame for marijuana criminalization on Harry Anslinger (the first American drug czar) who promoted false information about marijuana to the American public as a means towards abolition. It later shows how the federal approach to criminalization became more firmly entrenched after Richard Nixon declared a "War on Drugs" and created the Drug Enforcement Administration in 1973, and even more so a decade later and on, as First LadyNancy Reagan introduced the "Just Say No" campaign and PresidentGeorge H. W. Bush accelerated the War on Drugs. The film ends during the Bill Clinton administration, which had accelerated spending even further on the War on Drugs.[2]
Grass is almost completely composed of archival footage, much of which is from public domainU.S.propaganda films and such feature films as Reefer Madness,[3] as it also served as a portrait of marijuana in popular media.[4]
The art director and poster designer of the film was Paul Mavrides.
Critical receptionEdit
The film was generally well received by critics, scoring 64 out of 100 in Metacritic,[5] and a rating of 75% on Rotten Tomatoes.[6]
The film won Canada's Genie Award for Best Documentary.[7]
grass, 1999, film, confused, with, 1925, silent, documentary, film, grass, history, marijuana, 1999, canadian, documentary, film, directed, mann, premiered, toronto, international, film, festival, about, history, united, states, government, marijuana, 20th, ce. Not to be confused with the 1925 silent documentary film Grass History of Marijuana is a 1999 Canadian documentary film directed by Ron Mann premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival about the history of the United States government s war on marijuana in the 20th century The film was narrated by actor Woody Harrelson 1 GrassPromotional artwork for GrassDirected byRon MannWritten bySolomon VestaProduced byKeith ClarksonNarrated byWoody HarrelsonCinematographyRobert FrescoEdited byRobert KennedyProductioncompanySphinx ProductionsDistributed byUnapix Home EntertainmentRelease date15 September 1999 1999 09 15 Toronto Film Festival Running time80 minutesCountryCanadaLanguageEnglish Contents 1 Overview 2 Critical reception 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksOverview Edit The film presents this map of US states with non medical marijuana decriminalization laws State level but not federal decriminalization of non medical marijuana No federal or state level decriminalization of non medical marijuanaThe film follows the history of US federal policies and social attitudes towards marijuana beginning at the turn of the twentieth century The history presented is broken up into parts approximately the length of a decade each of which is introduced by paraphrasing the official attitude towards marijuana at the time e g Marijuana will make you insane or Marijuana will make you addicted to heroin and closed by providing a figure for the amount of money spent during that period on the war on marijuana The film places much of the blame for marijuana criminalization on Harry Anslinger the first American drug czar who promoted false information about marijuana to the American public as a means towards abolition It later shows how the federal approach to criminalization became more firmly entrenched after Richard Nixon declared a War on Drugs and created the Drug Enforcement Administration in 1973 and even more so a decade later and on as First Lady Nancy Reagan introduced the Just Say No campaign and President George H W Bush accelerated the War on Drugs The film ends during the Bill Clinton administration which had accelerated spending even further on the War on Drugs 2 Grass is almost completely composed of archival footage much of which is from public domain U S propaganda films and such feature films as Reefer Madness 3 as it also served as a portrait of marijuana in popular media 4 The art director and poster designer of the film was Paul Mavrides Critical reception EditThe film was generally well received by critics scoring 64 out of 100 in Metacritic 5 and a rating of 75 on Rotten Tomatoes 6 The film won Canada s Genie Award for Best Documentary 7 See also Edit Cannabis portal Film portalDecriminalization of marijuana in the United States Legal and medical status of cannabis Legal history of marijuana in the United States Marijuana rescheduling in the United StatesReferences Edit DVD Savant Review Grass www dvdtalk com Retrieved 2021 05 26 Ebert Roger Grass movie review amp film summary 2000 Roger Ebert Roger Ebert Retrieved 2021 05 26 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint url status link Grass EW com Retrieved 2021 05 26 Grass www tcm com Retrieved 2021 05 26 Grass 2000 Reviews Grass 1999 Rotten Tomatoes retrieved 2021 05 26 It s a Maelstrom at the Genie awards Retrieved 2021 05 26 External links EditGrass at AllMovie Grass at IMDb Grass at Rotten Tomatoes Grass at Box Office Mojo Trailer Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Grass 1999 film amp oldid 1167831225, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
