Hempsters: Plant the Seed (2008)
The film follows the lively exploits of activists for (and against) the movement for the legalization of the hemp plant in America. It features Woody Harrelson, Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson, and a whole host of farmers, politicians, businessmen, and laypeople as they search for the truth about this mysterious and demonized plant.
- Date of release
- 2008-05-25
- TMDB
- 6.7 / 10 (5)
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Director
- Michael P. Henning
Casting
- Woody Harrelson — Himself
- Willie Nelson — Himself
- Merle Haggard — Himself
- Ralph Nader — Himself
Interesting facts
Hempsters: Plant the Seed is a 2010 Michael P. Henning documentary film concerning the legalization of hemp in the United States. It includes footage of the 1996 arrest of Woody Harrelson for planting four hemp seeds in an act of civil disobedience in Kentucky and the ensuing legal proceedings. Other activists, including Ralph Nader, Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard, Gatewood Galbraith and Julia Butterfly Hill are featured in the film. Also covered is eradication of cannabis at the Lakota Sioux reservation.
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