“WHAT IF CANNABIS CURED CANCER”

     Could the chemicals found in marijuana prevent and even heal several deadly cancers? Could the tumor-regulating properties of “cannabinoids” someday replace the debilitating drugs, chemotherapy, and radiation that harms as often as it heals?
     Discover the truth about this ancient medicine as world-renowned scientists in the field of cannabinoid research illustrate their truly mind-blowing discoveries in this feature-length documentary.
     Using original and archival footage, the film presents controversial but highly convincing evidence that this forbidden herb has healing properties beyond any other plant on the planet— interacting as it does with the body’s own “endocannabinoid system” to keep us fit and disease-free.
     “What if Cannabis Cured Cancer” explains how we are all born with a form of marijuana already in our bodies, and when pot is consumed, the “endocannabinoids” inside us—along with any cannabinoids we ingest—fit together like a key in a lock. Thereby promoting the death of cancer cells without harming the body’s healthy cells.
     Like the old parable of the beggar who was sitting on a treasure chest but never bothered to look inside, governments and the medical establishment have been slow to realize the miraculous anti-cancer properties of marijuana. Finally, in this extraordinary documentary, the truth comes out.
     A powerful and eye-opening film about the future of cannabis—and perhaps even the future of medicine. Written and directed by BBC filmmaker Len Richmond. Narrated by Emmy-winning actor Peter Coyote. Featuring interviews with...
     * Dr. Robert Melamede, Associate Professor and Biology Chairman, University
of Colorado
     * Dr. Sean D. McAllister, PhD, researcher at the California Pacific Medical
Center, San Francisco.
     * Dr. Jeffrey Hergenrather, M.D.
     * Dr. David Bearman M.D.
     * Dr. Manuel Guzman, Ph.D. Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Biology Complutense University Madrid, Spain
     * Dr. Raphael Mechoulam, Professor of Medical Chemistry at the University of Jerusalem
     * Dr. Donald Abrams, Professor of Clinical Medicine and Integrative Oncology, University of California, San Francisco

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“KURT CANNABIS MEETS CONNIE CANCER”
Comedy Puppet Short
Included on the DVD of “What if Cannabis Cured Cancer”

Directed by master puppeteer, Steven Ritz-Barr, "Kurt Cannabis Meets Connie Cancer", is an outrageous bit of puppet theater, imagining a comical meeting, somewhere in the liver, between the mean, bitchy, diva, "Connie Cancer" (voiced by Roseanne Barr), and the cool, hip, and rather wise, Kurt Cannabis ("A Clockwork Orange" star, Malcolm McDowell). Their witty banter builds into a battle of wills, as evil Connie tries to destroy all the healthy cells in her way, while mellow Kurt is equally determined to stop her in her tracks. The comedy short ends with perhaps one of the funniest death scenes in puppet history. Written by Len Richmond, with creations by the great Russian puppetmaker, Eugene Seregin.

“EVERYTHING BAD IS GOOD"

     More and more people are rejecting their doctor’s advice, pharmaceutical drugs, hospitalization, and surgery. They simply don’t trust the system anymore and realize that the profit motive, the merchandising of medical services, and the unwillingness of many doctors to open their minds are informing too many disastrous medical decisions. These progressive patients are taking control of their health and looking for their own cures.
     Award-winning BBC filmmaker Len Richmond interviews survivors of cancer, AIDS, and other life-threatening illnesses, who, after being given a death sentence by conventional doctors, went on to heal themselves solely with natural means (herbs, diet, etc). Len also speaks to renegade medical doctors, Ayurvedic healers, and Chinese herbalists who firmly believe that there is another way, a better way.
     “Everything Bad is Good” is an entertaining, witty, one-hour documentary that captures an exciting new movement that’s transforming the way people think about their health and mortality. This film may save your life.
     Certain to be attacked by the medical establishment and pharmaceutical interests, “Everything Bad is Good” is a daring work of art and revolution.

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WRITER/DIRECTOR - Len Richmond

     From All Movie Guide: With an extended television background that includes writing work on such popular shows as Three's Company in the U.S. and Agony in the U.K., writer-turned-director Len Richmond honed his storytelling skills on the small screen for just over two decades before opting to step into the director's chair for the comedy A Dirty Little Business. His award-winning television series, Agony, has been broadcast in 36 countries including twice on PBS.
     Its American spin-off, The Lucie Arnaz Show, ran on CBS. A subsequent move to Paris found Richmond lending his pen to the French detective series Le Chinois, starring Charles Aznavour; with a stint on the highly-rated U.K. beauty salon comedy Split Ends following later that same year. In the decade following his work on Split Ends, Richmond eschewed television writing in favor of penning articles for such well-known magazines as Cosmopolitan and Forum, where he served an extensive stint as a popular sex-advice columnist.
     Though his editorial work on The Gay Liberation Book and the publication of his first novel, Naked in Paradise, may have signaled a shift away from his original career as a television writer, film reviews for The Time Out Film Guide as well as celebrity profiles in Time Out Interviews showed a writer still very much taken by the entertainment industry. Richmond cemented his devotion to the screen by writing and directing, A Dirty Little Business. An independent comedy starring Michael York as a Russian entrepreneur in search of the American dream. A Dirty Little Business offered a gleefully irreverent behind-the-scenes look at the American sex-toy industry and featured a bouncing pop soundtrack by London techno-pop duo Erasure.

~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide

EDITOR - Massimo Mazzucco

     Editor of Luogocomune.net, a popular Italian news website that grew out of his investigation on 9/11. Currently the website covers all the most important issues at stake in the new millennium, from big pharma to world economics, from alternative energy to the attacks on civil liberties.
     Mazzucco worked as a fashion photographer for about year 20 years, on assignments from magazines such as Mademoiselle, Glamour, Seventeen and Vogue.
     After his career as a fashion photographer, Mazzucco wrote and directed several feature films, both in Europe and the United States. His second documentary on 9/11, The New American Century, covers the political and historical aspects of the alleged “inside job,” and the history of the neocons.
     He has just released his most recent documentary, Cancer: the Forbidden Cures, which details various alternative treatments for cancer.

NARRATOR - Peter Coyote

     His voice work includes narrating the opening ceremony of the 2002 Winter Olympics and Apple's iPad campaign. He has also served as on-camera co-host of the 2000 Oscar telecasts.
     As an actor, Peter’s appeared in Tell Me a Riddle, Southern Comfort, E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial , Outrageous Fortune, and The Jagged Edge—as well as starring roles for directors Roman Polanski (Bitter Moon), Pedro Almodovar (Kika), and Martin Ritt (Cross Creek).
     Coyote served as the narrator for several prominent projects including the documentary film Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room, the 12-hour Ken Burns series on the National Parks, and 15 episodes for the National Geographic Explorer series.

CONNIE CANCER - Roseanne Barr

Roseanne won both an Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress for her work on Roseanne. In addition, she has won six People's Choice Awards, three American Comedy Awards, and a Kids Choice Award.

KURT CANNABIS - Malcolm McDowell

A celebrated English actor with a career spanning over forty years. McDowell is principally known for his starring roles in the controversial films If, Caligula and A Clockwork Orange, as well as O Lucky Man!.
His versatility as an actor has led to his presence in many films and television series, including Tank Girl, Star Trek Generations, Entourage, the animated film Bolt, the remake of Halloween, and the sequel Halloween II.

PUPPET MASTER - Steven Ritz-Barr

Steven first learned Puppetry Arts from Jean-Loup Temporal in Paris in 1980, while studying at L’Ecole Jacques LeCoq (movement/mime/theatre school). Jim Henson introduced him to film/video work in 1985 in the Puppet Institute in Charleville, France. Later, in Paris, he worked as puppeteer on many video television projects.
Back in the USA in 1989, he puppeteered on Batman Returns, Men in Black, Alien Resurrection, Team America, and Muppets Tonight, to name a few. Presently he’s focused on producing “Joan of Arc” with puppets. Check out his website www.classicsinminiature.com.

PUPPET CREATOR - Eugene Seregin

Eugene has lived in the Los Angeles area since 1997 after fleeing from his native Moscow, Russia. He worked on Team America and on several television productions as Puppeteer.
He performed his live marionette shows to audiences throughout Europe and many times in the USA. In Moscow, he worked for Obrasov’s Moscow State Puppet theatre for 20 years.