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OaksterdamĀ Premieres in Hollywood 10 Years in the Making


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Award-Successful Documentary American Pot Story: OaksterdamĀ Premieres in HollywoodĀ 
10 Years in the Making

HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA, USA, June 26, 2023/EINPresswire.com/ — Award-Successful Documentary American Pot Story: OaksterdamĀ Premieres in HollywoodĀ 
10 Years in the Making

“A must-watch for each American” (Movie Risk), American Pot Story: Oaksterdam reveals theĀ unknown origin story of how a handful of underdogs risked all the things to ignite the present worldwide revolution in hashish coverage.

“A extremely entertaining and highly effective movie exhibiting the blueprint of how you can begin a motion in America. A film for anybody that also believes every considered one of us can arise and alter our world,” mentioned Director Dan Katzir.

Award-Successful American Pot Story: Oaksterdam could have its Hollywood premiere throughout the Dances with Movies Pageant this Thursday, June 29, at 7 PM at the TLC Chinese language Theatres, HollywoodĀ 

Slamdance Movie Pageant 2023 Viewers Award Winner American Pot Story: OaksterdamĀ tells the unknown origin story of the underdogs who took an enormous threat to revolutionize present hashish coverage.

TAGLINE:Ā When it was time to spark a hashish revolution, they answered the name.

SYNOPSIS:Ā Hashish in America has developed in epic proportions over the final decade, and filmmakersĀ Dan KatzirĀ andĀ Ravit MarkusĀ had been there to document it. They spent ten years following a ā€œsmall group of considerate, dedicated residentsā€ (to cite Margaret Mead) who opened Oaksterdam College and risked all of it to get Prop 19 – a measure to legalize hashish – on the poll in California.

American Pot Story: OaksterdamĀ spotlights how their marketing campaign introduced this taboo matter out of the shadows and into mainstream society.Ā Main the cost was Oaksterdam College FounderĀ Richard Lee, who, after turning into paraplegic, found hashish gives him aid higher than some conventional medicines, and Govt ChancellorĀ Dale Sky Jones, a girl with a heartbreaking previous, who discovered her voice and calling after turning into a part of the Oaksterdam household.

From enduring harsh public scrutiny and worldwide media to withstanding a federal raid that threatened jail time, their curler coaster experience in direction of decriminalization is as tense as it’s inspiring. An correct American story, their battle serves as a reminder of how democracy can work when folks come collectively. The documentary is not only a necessary historic chronicle of a time and a motion but additionally a lesson on how change transpires in this nation.

Different contributors in the movie who may also attend the premiere embraceĀ Tommy Chong, Salwa Ibrahim and Leafly’s David Downs. Different notable personalities in the movie are: California GovernorĀ Gavin Newsom, CongresswomanĀ Barbara Lee, Oakland MayorĀ Libby Schaaf, Oakland Metropolis Council member-at-GiantĀ Rebecca Kaplan,Ā  and LEAPā€™sĀ Diane Goldstein,Ā Neill Franklin,Ā Stephen Downing, andĀ Kyle Kazan (Glass Home).

DAN KATZIR (WRITER/DIRECTOR)

Dan Katzirā€™s movies have received dozens of worldwide awards in the US, Europe, and Asia and had been nominated for the Israeli Academy Award. His movies have performed in a whole lot of movie festivals and have been proven on a number of networks round the world, together with HBO in the US, channel 4 in the UK, and France 2, to call just a few.Ā 

Earlier than turning into a filmmaker, Katzir served as a fight soldier and an officer in the Israeli paratroopers. He graduated magna cum laude from the Movie and TV Division at Tel Aviv College and acquired his MFA from the American Movie Institute in Hollywood.Ā  Katzir lives in Los Angeles along with his spouse, filmmaker Ravit Markus, and their son.

RAVIT MARKUS (DIRECTOR/PRODUCER)

Ravit Markusā€™s earlier documentary options embrace the critically-acclaimed Yiddish Theater: A Love Story she wrote and produced. It turned a cultural phenomenon when it commercially performed in theaters in Los Angeles, New York, and Tel Aviv for months, garnering raving opinions in the NY Instances, LA Instances, and the NY Journal, to call just a few, and was voted considered one of the high 10 documentaries of 2007 in About.com. Markus is a graduate of the Movie and TV Division at Tel Aviv College. In her necessary military service in Israel, she served in the video unit of the Schooling Corps.

Superstar Activist Tommy Chong can be attending the Hollywood Premiere and Afterparty at the Roosevelt Lodge’s Teddy’s Lounge.Ā 

Tommy ChongĀ is a Canadian-American actor and musician who’s well-known for his portrayals of hippie-era stoners. He’s most generally identified for his function as Anthony Stoner in the marijuana-themedĀ Cheech & ChongĀ comedy films with Cheech Marin. He additionally performedĀ Leo ChingkwakeĀ inĀ That ’70s Present.

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