The Culture High

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The Culture High
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DVD cover of The Culture High
Directed byBrett Harvey
Written byMichael Bobroff
Brett Harvey
Produced byAdam Scorgie
Michael Bobroff
Don Metz
Starring Richard Branson
Snoop Dogg
Joe Rogan
Rufus Hound
Howard Marks
Wiz Khalifa
CinematographyBrett Harvey
Edited byStephen Green
Music bySteve Badach
Michael Champion
Release date
  • September 18, 2014 (2014-09-18)(Cinefest Sudbury International Film Festival)
Running time
120 min
LanguageEnglish

The Culture High is a 2014 feature-length documentary film directed by Brett Harvey. It is about the marijuana prohibition and the war on drugs in United States. It is the sequel of the 2007 The Union: The Business Behind Getting High .

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It premiered at the 2014 Cinéfest Sudbury International Film Festival. [1] [2]

The Culture High won Best Documentary and was nominated for Best Screenwriter Non-Fiction, Best Overall Sound and Best Narrator at the 2015 AMPIA Awards. [3] It was also nominated for Best Feature Length Documentary Program, Best Cinematography in a Documentary Program or Series, and Best Picture Editing in a Documentary Program or Series at the 2015 Leo Awards, [4] and for Best Documentary at the 30th Warsaw International Film Festival. [5]

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  4. "2015 Leo Awards Nominees by Program". LeoAwards.com. Archived from the original on 19 January 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
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