"Colorado Pot Rush" has motherlode of info, views
NBC News contributor Harry Smith returns to his old Colorado stomping grounds to lead a proper tour of the local pot industry. “Marijuana in America: Colorado Pot Rush,” premieres Feb. 26 at 8 p.m. MST...
View ArticleCNN tracks Colorado "medical marijuana refugees" (video)
CNN’s Sanjay Gupta toured Colorado’s medical marijuana outlets in a documentary last summer, “Weed,” talking about the medicinal uses of the drug. Now CNN and Gupta are back.
View ArticleDocumentary views legalization through lens of Post, Cannabist pot journalism
"Rolling Papers," a feature documentary on cannabis culture in Colorado as told through marijuana coverage in The Denver Post and website The Cannabist, is currently in production and slated for...
View ArticleFirst views from "Rolling Papers" documentary (video)
See the first video footage released by the "Rolling Papers" documentary crew that has been tracking The Denver Post journalists and The Cannabist freelance staff. Get the story here
View ArticleReview: "Evergreen" documentary sheds light on Wash. pot campaign
When Washington and Colorado voted in 2012 to approve statewide recreational marijuana use, the news made international headlines and prompted fiery debates about state laws at odds with the federal...
View Article"Rolling Papers" filmmaker Daniel Junge to receive Colo. media award
Colorado Public Television (CPT12, Channel 12 PBS) will honor Academy Award-winning Colorado filmmaker Daniel Junge with the 2nd Annual Independent Media Award, to be presented at a luncheon on Oct. 27.
View ArticleCNN's 'High Profits': Docu-series will cover cannabis in Colorado ski towns
CNN’s newest original series, joining the lineup alongside Anthony Bourdain’s “Parts Unknown,” trains its cameras on two Colorado marijuana entrepreneurs. “High Profits” follows Brian Rogers and...
View ArticleCNBC's 'The Cannabis Boom,' explores Colo. gray market (airs Jan. 5)
Harry Smith returns to his Colorado stomping grounds to explore “Marijuana Country: The Cannabis Boom” on CNBC, a one-hour documentary sizing up the state one year after legal sales started.
View Article'Rolling Papers,' a documentary on pot journalists, will debut at SXSW Film
The documentary film "Rolling Papers" -- which follows Denver Post and Cannabist journalists, critics and columnists as they cover Colorado's first year of legal marijuana sales -- will have its world...
View Article'Rolling Papers': First look at SXSW documentary on pot journalism in CO
The SXSW-premiering documentary film “Rolling Papers” -- which follows Denver Post and Cannabist reporters covering the first year of legal marijuana sales in the modern world has released a sneak peek.
View ArticleCheck out the film poster for pot doc 'Rolling Papers' before its SXSW debut
Documentary film "Rolling Papers" debuts next weekend at the South by Southwest Film Festival in Austin, but the filmmakers released the movie's poster today.
View ArticleColorado pot documentary 'Rolling Papers' gets its close-up at SXSW
Colorado cannabis documentary "Rolling Papers," directed by Mitch Dickman, has its world premiere March 15 at the South by Southwest festival in Austin, Texas. It's more than a snicker fest about...
View Article'Rolling Papers' film on legal pot in Colorado gets distribution deal
"Rolling Papers," Mitch Dickman's documentary about the dawn of legal marijuana in Colorado and The Denver Post's coverage of the related cultural and business developments during the first year, has...
View ArticleAspen Filmfest: Pot documentary 'Rolling Papers' screens Sept. 26
One group of Denver-based filmmakers stayed on the story of Colorado recreational marijuana sales for a full year, following the staffers at The Denver Post as it became pot’s paper of record. The...
View ArticleWorld Premiere: ‘Rolling Papers’ hits theaters February 2016
Documentary 'Rolling Papers' spotlights Denver Post and Cannabist writers as they cover the first year of legal marijuana in Colorado. The film debuts in theaters on Feb. 19.
View Article'Vice' HBO series spotlights plight of mom-and-pop Colorado pot growers
Colorado pot continues to waft across the airwaves. Here comes yet another TV documentary on marijuana, this time on "Vice" (airing Friday at midnight on HBO). But this one has a fresh angle.
View ArticleFashion and film entwine beautifully at Sundance premiere of Grateful Dead...
Alice + Olivia CEO Stacey Bendet taps into husband's work as producer for 'Long Strange Trip' documentary with her dancing bears ensemble at Sundance.
View ArticleWhen documenting the Grateful Dead's odyssey, it's easy to get lost in their...
(UPDATE: Get details on the May 2017 scheduled screenings.) Director Amir Bar-Lev's talks about his 15-year journey to create the Grateful Dead documentary 'Long Strange Trip' and how cannabis culture...
View ArticleWas there a weed deal between Michael Brown and store clerks?
"Stranger Fruit," a film at SXSW reveals previously unseen footage of Michael Brown the filmmaker claims casts doubt that Brown robbed a convenience store.
View ArticleProsecutor, store say Michael Brown weed deal video edited for documentary
A St. Louis County prosecutor dismissed documentary footage that provides another interpretation for Michael Brown's actions at the convenience store he allegedly robbed.
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