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Drug
War
Vigil
Film
Festival
Seeking
Submissions
3/7/03
The 2nd Annual Drug War Vigil
Film Festival is seeking entries for a contest and screening to take place
this May. The festival is sponsored by the Drug War Vigil Memorial
Group, a collective of five medical marijuana patients dedicated to ending
the war on drugs.
Entries must be registered
by March 14, and are due by April 14. They should be 30 minutes or
less, on any topic related to cannabis, drugs and the drug war, submitted
only on VHS tape, Hi-8 or digital 8. The films will be screened and
judged by participants at the Cannabis Culture Toker's Bowl, May 1-4, in
Vancouver, British Columbia.
The first place Grand Prize
is $2,000 US, and cash prizes totaling $2,700 US will be awarded for the
top four runner-up films. Other runners-up shown on pot-tv.net will
receive honorariums of up to $250 US.
Entries should be sent to:
D.W.V. c/o BCMP Bookshop, 307 W. Hastings, Vancouver, BC V6B 1H6, Canada.
E-mail [email protected] for
further information.
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Issue #277, 3/7/03
50 Years for Stealing Videotapes? No Problem, Say Justices -- Supreme Court Upholds California Three-Strikes Law | Medical Marijuana Update: Bill Killed in New Mexico, New Ones Introduced in New York and Rhode Island | Australia: NSW Green Party Drug Platform in Tabloid Exposé Furor as Election Looms | "Seeds of Peace" Released in Brussels as Prelude to Vienna UN Conference | Medical Marijuana Supporters Demonstrate at Fundraiser for Presidential Candidate Howard Dean | Alert: HEA Reform Legislation Re-filed, Needs Your Support | Newsbrief: Swiss Lawmakers Give Okay to Continued Prescription Heroin | Newsbrief: Sweden's Drug Head Calls for Needle Exchange Programs Across Country | Newsbrief: This Week's Corrupt Cops Story | Newsbrief: Oxycontin Not So Deadly, Researchers Find | Newsbrief: California Highway Patrol Settles Racial Profiling Lawsuit | Kansas Legislators Consider "Treatment Not Jail" Bill | Newsbrief: In Surprise Move, Judge Changes Mind, Declines to Jail Oakland Cannabis Co-op Head | Newsbrief: Two Suicides Enough for One Pot Bust, Says Wisconsin Judge, Orders Probation for Son of Dead Couple | Media Scan: New York Times, The Economist, The Independent, Washington Times, Change the Climate Ads, HRC Newsletter | Drug War Vigil Film Festival Seeking Submissions | The Reformer's Calendar
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