The premiere of the humorous documentary titled Konoplja osvobaja, which is the work of screenwriter and director Miha Čelar, is scheduled to be premiered at the Brežice Cinema. It is a story about activists from Slovenia and around the world who dedicated their lives to the legalization of cannabis.
The premiere will take place tonight at 7 p.m., and the film will be screened on Friday at the regular screening of Kinodvor in Ljubljana, the production company announced. Astral The movie. With the film crew it is can also be found at the film booth at Marijuana march, which is taking place today on Kongresni trg in Ljubljana.
On the way to your personal so-called cannabis revolutionHemp is liberating it is a little over 80-minute long documentary film essay that wittily tells the story of activists who, in their efforts to legalize cannabis, have in one way or another entered the path of their personal so-called cannabis revolution, some of whom have also come into conflict with the law.
Director and screenwriter of the film it is Miha Čelar, author of many documentaries such as Mom it is one and only, My wonderful mind, The secret of the Swamp wheel and docuseries iIsland.
The main one protagonist movie it is Janko PircAlong with the witty narration of the musician and “rock’n’roll philosopher” Rambo Amadeus, the film simultaneously describes how, despite the opposition of medicine, which still considers cannabis a drug, politics, pharmaceuticals and capital enter the rapidly developing cannabis industry. The film is also accompanied by songs by Rambo Amadeus.
Forbidden “hemp is thus increasingly becoming a symbol of civil society and the right of the individual to grow his own medicine”, describe at Astral movie. The main one protagonist movie it is otherwise Janko Pircwhich it is after being convicted of cultivating and using eight cannabis seedlings, with which it is wanted to help his sick son and wife, obtained an acquittal at the Supreme Court in 2016.
To encourage thinking and education“With the film, we want to shed light on all aspects of the future relationship between cannabis and society, and thus encourage people to think and educate, which would enable everyone to have a good and thoughtful attitude towards the future medical and recreational use of cannabis,” says Čelar.
The movie it is Slovenian-Croatian-North Macedonian co-production and it isas they wrote, arose with the support of Konoplja osvobaja. Showed it is was at several festivals, the Slovenian Film Festival, Docudoc Maribor, Cinedays Skopje and on Kotlovnica, where it is Čelar won the Golden Fish award for directing.
Source: Rtvslo