On June 26, Oklahomans will vote on whether to allow medical marijuana.
Today and Sunday, the deadCenter Film Festival will screen the documentary “Weed the People,” directed by Abby Epstein and produced by actress Ricki Lake.
As my excellent colleague Dale Denwalt reports, State Question 788 will appear on the ballot June 26 during the statewide primary election. If adopted, State Question 788 would allow people to buy medical cannabis if they have a recommendation from their doctor.
“Not that deadCenter’s rooting one way or the other, but when we told them (the filmmakers) that they were very happy to bring the film here,” deadCenter director of programming Sara Thompson told me in an interview. “It is a fantastic movie, and we’re thrilled to bring it here.”
Thompson said the documentary looks at the anti-cancer properties of cannabis oil and features interviews with many medical experts as well as families using the oil, often obtained through underground sources.
“It’s all told through four or five different families of kids with cancer,” Thompson said. “It is not a ‘let’s get high and have fun’ documentary at all. … It is a very well-made documentary.”
“Weed the People” is showing at 4:15 p.m. today and noon Sunday at the Tapstone Theater at Harkins Bricktown Cinema. For more information, go to www.deadcenterfilm.org.
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