Hempsters: Plant the Seed

Hempsters: Plant the Seed is a 2010 Michael P. Henning documentary film concerning the legalization of hemp in the United States. It includes footage of the 1996 arrest of Woody Harrelson for planting four hemp seeds in an act of civil disobedience in Kentucky and the ensuing legal proceedings. Other activists, including Ralph Nader, Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard, Gatewood Galbraith and Julia Butterfly Hill are featured in the film. Also covered is eradication of cannabis at the Lakota Sioux reservation.[2][3]

Hempsters: Plant the Seed
Directed byMichael P. Henning
Produced byDiana Oliver[1]

Director Michael P. Henning is also the founder and CEO of Sovran Films LLC in Dallas, Texas as well as being a public speaker and hemp activist. On May 29, 2021 Henning was a guest on the Ralph Nader Radio Hour with fellow hemp and Native American activist Winona LaDuke.[4]

See also

References
  1. Official Guide, Bend Film Festival, September 29, 2010, p. 43
  2. "Hempsters: Plant the Seed – DVD Review", 420 magazine, December 21, 2013
  3. "Review: Hempsters: Plant the Seed", filmmonthly.com
  4. Sovran Films

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