Evergreen: The Road to Legalization

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Evergreen: The Road to Legalization

2014

1h 26m

Documentary

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A chronicle of the legalization of recreational marijuana in Washington state shows the issue from the perspectives of both pro- and anti-initiative groups.

Tom Keogh

Seattle Times

06/26/2014

3.5/4

A taut, thorough chronicle of the 2012 campaign to pass Initiative 502 - which proposed legalizing possession of small amounts of marijuana for recreational use - "Evergreen" is an energetic study of a hard-fought battle.

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Sean Fitz-Gerald

Denver Post

06/20/2014

Portraying emotion and devil's advocacy are this balanced film's strong suits.

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Ronnie Scheib

Variety

06/19/2014

Dual focus on the need to end the ineffective, destructive "war on drugs" and broader questions of political compromise gives director Riley Morton's film particular resonance.

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Jamie S. Rich

Oregonian

09/04/2014

3.5/5

...does what most activist documentaries about hot-button issues don't: It successfully shows all sides of the argument.

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Sarah Boslaugh

Playback:stl

07/24/2014

6/10

...a conventional and straightforward documentary...[but] well done and well worth seeing if you have any interest in either pot or the political process.

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Ron Wilkinson

It's Just Movies

06/19/2014

8/10

Although there is little new in this film, in either information or presentation, it is an accurate and detailed documentation of how the law works right.

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Synopsis

A chronicle of the legalization of recreational marijuana in Washington state shows the issue from the perspectives of both pro- and anti-initiative groups.

Director: Riley Morton
Producer: Riley Morton, Nils Cowan, Jason Reid
Screenwriter: Nils Cowan
Distributor: First Run
Production Co: Overland Pictures, Evergreen Film, 2R Productions, Lucid Visual Media, Roped In Productions, Hemlock Productions
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 13, 2014, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 11, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $2.4K
Runtime: 1h 26m