Conference Film Festival
Thursday, December 6, 2007
New Orleans Justice
7:30 - 8:00 pm
This documentary is still in the process of filming. Directed by Lauren Thompson and Chris Tetens. Run Time : 20 min.
Waiting to Inhale: Marijuana, Medicine and the Law ( 2005)
8:00 - 9:15 pm
Waiting to Inhale examines the heated debate over marijuana and its use as medicine in the United States. It sheds new light on this controversy and presents shocking new evidence that marijuana could hold a big stake in the future of medicine. Run Time: 74 min.
http://www.waitingtoinhale.org/thefilm.htmJed Riffe, Producer and Director. Katherine Covell, Writer and Co-producer
Jed Riffe Films.
Official Selection, Australian International Film Festival
Winner, Worldfest Houston 2005, Gold Special Jury Award
American Drug War: The Last White Hope (2007)
9:15 - 11:15 pm 
The War on Drugs has become the longest and most costly war in American history, the question has become, how much more can the country endure? American Drug War shows how money, power and greed have corrupted not just drug pushers and dope fiends, but an entire government.
Run Time: 120 min. http://www.americandrugwar.com/
Kevin Booth - Producer/Director/Writer/Editor
Sacred Cow Productions.
Winner of best Documentary at 4 major consecutive festivals - premiers on Showtime in March.
Friday, December 7, 2007
Cocalero (2007) An Admission Fee of $3 will be charged for this film.
7:30 - 9:00 pm
Born out of the US War on Drugs, an Aymara Indian named Evo Morales - backed by a troop of coca leaf farmers - travelers Andes and Amazon in jeans and sneakers, leading a historic bid to become Bolivia's first indigenous president.Run Time: 94 min.
Alejandro Landes - Director
Drug Policy Films, a sneak peak at two drug policy films still in production.
9:00 - 9:30 pm
The Holy Giveme, Run Time: 10 min. Producer and Director, Maxi Cohen
Psychedelic Research, Run Time: 12 min. Producer and Director, Nell Cox
Perversion of Justice (2007)
9:30 - 10:00 pm
Hamedah Hasan was sentenced to two life sentences in Federal prison for her first non-violent drug conspiracy offense. The film follows Hamedah and her three daughters over the course of four years. Run Time: 30 min.
Damage Done: The Drug War Odyssey (2006)
10:00 - 11:00 pm
The heroes of this film are veterans of the drug war and they urge us to consider ending drug prohibition. They have had a complete revolution in their thinking. Now they are working to end the War on Drugs. Find out what happened to change their minds. Run Time: 54 min.
http://www.nfb.ca/webextension/damage-done/home.php
Connie Littlefield, Writer and Director
IMX Communications Inc., National Film Board of Canada
