Ganja Queen

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Ganja Queen
Produced byJanine Hosking
Steve Hosking
StarringSchapelle Corby (protagonist)
Release date
  • 2007 (2007)
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish

Ganja Queen is an Australian documentary film about the arrest, trial, and imprisonment of Schapelle Corby released in 2007. [1] An expanded version titled Schapelle Corby: The Hidden Truth, was aired by the Nine Network in Australia in June 2008. [2] Ganja Queen was later aired on HBO in North and South America, before being released on DVD. [3]

The film was produced by Janine Hosking and Steve Hosking. Schapelle Corby: The Hidden Truth was later nominated for Most Outstanding Documentary or Documentary Series at the Logie Awards of 2009.

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References

  1. "Film goes behind "Ganja Queen" travel nightmare". Reuters. 28 June 2008. Retrieved 22 December 2008.
  2. Knox, David (12 June 2008). "Airdate: Schapelle Corby: The Hidden Truth". tvtonight.com.au. Retrieved 13 June 2008.
  3. "Schapelle Corby film Ganja Queen to screen in US". The Sydney Morning Herald. 17 April 2008. Retrieved 22 December 2008.