WEED

Name: WEED
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1971-01-23
Duration: 23 min
Rating: 6.0

"WEED" The Story of Marijuana

6.0(1 votes)

1971

0h 23m

Documentary

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Overview

This 1971 color anti-drug use and abuse film was produced by Concept Films and directed by Brian Kellman for Encyclopedia Britannica. “Weed: The Story of Marijuana” combines time-lapse, montage, illustrations, animation (by Paul Fierlinger and emigre Pavel Vošický) and dramatized, documentary-style interviews to survey the evolving role of cannabis in U.S. society, with emphasis on the legal risks faced by young people. A unique score of experimental synthesizer music is provided by Tony Luisi on an EMS VCS 3 “Putney”