The Hemp Revolution (1995)
73 min
This documentary covers a whole lot of ground. It deals with every historical and contemporary aspect of hemp usage and cultivation (mainly in the U.S.), which turns out to be a lot. From describing the production of a fiber much more durable and economic than wood, the documentary discusses hemps multilateral uses as e.g. food products, as a non-polluting fuel and as a pharmaceutical product with much less grievous side-effects than chemical pharmaceutical products. The film also investigates why America went from a country which produced vast quantities of the non-narcotic industrial hemp, to the complete ban on hemp production in 1938. This story in particular is interesting, and it points out that the large oil-based industries actually had a key role in the aforementioned ban. Food for thought! The conclusion of the documentary could be that hemp may prove to be a valid alternative to both oil and wood in the future.
- Release date
- October 20, 1995
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Anthony Clarke as Self - Narrator
- Andrew Weil as Self - University of Arizona, College of Medicine
- Karen Aleay as Self - Festival Organizer
- Eugene Collins as Self - Tantawangalo Catchment Protection Association
- John R. Stahl as Self - The Evanescent Press
- Sherri Tonn as Self - Sierra Club
- Maria Desmet as Self - Director, Hemp Research Agrotechnological Institute
- Jean-Paul Matthieu as Self - Director, French Hemp Federation
- Patsy Harmsen as Self - Hemp for Paper Consortium
- Jim Young as Self - Executive Editor, 'Pulp & Paper' Magazine
Crew
- Anthony Clarke · Director
- Anthony Clarke · Producer
- Anthony Clarke · Cinematographer
- Anthony Clarke · Editor