Sacred Cow Productions

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Sacred Cow Productions is a production company founded by filmmaker and author Kevin Booth and the late comedian Bill Hicks. SCP has produced videos and albums of comedians such as Hicks himself, Joe Rogan and Doug Stanhope, hard-hitting subjects like the drug wars, and controversial subject matter such as Waco siege and the September 11 attacks.

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Overview

Sacred Cow Productions is a privately held organization, run by Kevin Booth. It is located in Studio City, California. [1]

Productions

Sacred Cow Productions produced the following films and videos: [2]

YearFilmType
2019Shadows of Sofiadocumentary
2013American Drug War 2: Cannabis Destinydocumentary
2010How Weed Won the Westdocumentary
2007 American Drug War: The Last White Hope documentary
2005Martial Law 9/11: Rise of the Police Statedocumentary
2004American DictatorsTV documentary
2002Doug Stanhope: Word of Mouthvideo
2001Joe Rogan: Live from the Belly of the Beastvideo
2000The Best of Alex Jonesvideo documentary
1996Dwight Slade: Willy's Footstepsvideo
1993On the Seventh Day in Wacovideo documentary
1993Bill Hicks: United States of Advertisingvideo
1993Counts of the NetherworldTV movie
1993Sacred Cow Halloween Specialvideo
1993Sea Manvideo documentary short
1991 Ninja Bachelor Party short
1989Bill Hicks: Sane Manvideo documentary

They were also distributors of How Weed Won the West and American Drug War: The Last White Hope. [2]

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References

  1. "Sacred Cow Productions". Find the Company. Archived from the original on 2013-06-20. Retrieved June 17, 2013.
  2. 1 2 "Sacred Cow Productions". IMdB. Retrieved June 17, 2013.(subscription required)