VIFF | DAY FOURTEEN

By only

Wednesday October 10, 2007

ONLY PICK: The Union:The Business Behind Getting High
The great dope scare has been going on ever since booze was made legal again, and the lovely Mary Jane has been getting a bum rap from law makers and politicians for decades. People may argue the risks and benefits of smoking a spliff, but there’s no denying that growing weed is big business. But how is it that one of B.C.‘s most lucrative industries is still illegal? I mean, if the kids are doing it… The best was when I heard the new Vancouver Police Chief explain his position on smoking marijuana, and I paraphrase:” Why would someone want to do something that would make them stupid?” Awesome. Zero understanding about the effects of the drug itself. Regardless, Brett Harvey’s documentary is a smart and intelligent look into the complicated business of growing, and gets to the grass roots of who really stands to gain from the prohibition style drug war. –AOT


10:45 am VCT – War Made Easy:How Presidents and Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death
11:30 am GR3 – Normal
01:30 pm GR5 – Join Us
02:00 pm GR4 – The Last Mistress
03:30 pm GR2 – Taxi to the Dark Side
03:45 pm VCT – Anita O’Day:The Life of a Jazz Singer
04:15 pm GR6 – The Big Sellout
09:30 pm GR2 – The Union:The Business Behind Getting High or p.109
09:30 pm GR7 – The Walker


_{Location Guide: GR1,2,3,4,5,6,7=Granville 7 | VCT=Vancity Theatre | PCP=Pacific Cinematheque | RID=Ridge}