The Culture High | |
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Directed by | Brett Harvey |
Written by | Michael Bobroff Brett Harvey |
Produced by | Adam Scorgie Michael Bobroff Don Metz |
Starring | Richard Branson Snoop Dogg Joe Rogan Rufus Hound Howard Marks Wiz Khalifa |
Cinematography | Brett Harvey |
Edited by | Stephen Green |
Music by | Steve Badach Michael Champion |
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Running time | 120 min |
Language | English |
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 .
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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