Hempsters: Plant the Seed | movie | 2008 | Official Trailer - video Dailymotion

The film follows the lively exploits of activists for (and against) the movement for the legalization of the hemp plant  | dG1feUd5dFFFM0F3elE

Transcript

00:00One of the biggest problems facing the legalization of industrial hemp is its

00:05confusion with marijuana, which is, you know, really a distant cousin.

00:12This is a feral, tested industrial hemp seed.

00:16From what little planning I've done, I think that should germinate.

00:21Do you realize you're under a veil?

00:26Yes, sir.

00:27The petrochemical, pharmaceutical, military, industrial, transnational, corporate, fascist

00:32elite, son of a bitch, utilize the lawmaking powers of Congress to get through legislation

00:39which has criminalized the farmer who's gone into competition with these synthetic manufacturers.

00:44The DDA's conclusion to the realm of agriculture is preventing American farmers from growing

00:50a crop to his contention to help address the global depletion of forest resources.

00:56The dependency on foreign oil, the harmful effects of petrochemicals, the excessive use of

01:01pesticides, the fiber crops, and the economic depression of farming communities.

01:08Why is it that everything that is good for our bodies, our communities, and our planet called

01:11an alternative?

01:13An alternative for what?

01:15Hemp is the number one fiber, the number one fuel, the number one food, and number one medicine.

01:20We have to change our language. You cannot allow them to call hemp the alternative. Hemp is the solution.

01:34It may be brave, but you sure aren't free.