NECTARBALL®
The films
Award-winning documentaries, short films and music videos on cannabis as medicine, law, livelihood and culture, from Mark Schulze and Patty Mooney of New & Unique Videos®.
The feature documentary
NECTARBALL®: The Story of Cannabis
How the world’s most misunderstood plant went from sacred medicine to public enemy, and back again. Filmed over seven years with Tommy Chong, Ed Rosenthal, Dr. Raphael Mechoulam, Steve DeAngelo, John Salley and dozens of patients, nurses, growers and activists.
Best Documentary, CelebStoner Awards · Best Feature Documentary, New York Movie Awards · Gold Award, Paris Film Awards · Finalist, FilmHaus.
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Every film, one place
Each grew out of the interviews and travels behind NECTARBALL®, and each stands on its own.
Twelve Black Cannabis Visionaries
Entrepreneurs, activists, athletes and healers, including John Salley, David Irving and Ngaio Bealum, building the legal industry and making room for the communities the drug war hurt most.
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Fighting Cancer With Cannabis
Scientists, nurses, cultivators and activists on how cannabis plant medicine can ease the symptoms of cancer, and the story of three friends who faced brain tumors.
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ED: USA vs. Ed Rosenthal
Deputized by Oakland to grow medical cannabis, arrested by federal agents anyway. Inside the 2003 trial where the jury never heard why he did it.
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Dutch Cannabis Masters
Soma, Mila Jansen the Hash Queen, Doede de Jong and Rinus Beintema: four pioneers who shaped Dutch cannabis culture and challenged its laws, from Amsterdam’s coffeeshops to the courtroom.
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The Nectarball Collection
Half a century of cannabis history, kept in jars: Acapulco Gold from 1972, Colombian, Purple Ramona and the legendary Thai stick, from the private collection of Mark Schulze and Patty Mooney.
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Operation Green Sweep: The War on American Farmers
What happens when the War on Drugs becomes a war on American farmers? Eradication campaigns, armed raids, aerial surveillance, and the human cost of decades of prohibition.
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Root & Remedy
A contemplative film on plants, roots and old knowledge, set to the opening song of Patty Mooney’s album AMERICANNA, her journey through America’s complicated relationship with cannabis.
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AMERICANNA
The title song of Patty Mooney’s album AMERICANNA: cannabis in America as medicine, menace, livelihood and memory.
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NECTARBALL® and CANNAMINUTES® are registered trademarks. These films share the experiences and views of the people in them and aren’t medical advice.