Kings of Cannabis, Strain Hunters – VICE Documentary

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Kings of Cannabis introduces you to Arjan Roskam. You might not know who he is, but you’ve probably smoked his weed. Arjan’s been breeding some of the most famous marijuana strains in the world—like White Widow, Super Silver Haze, and many others—for over 20 years.

In 1992 he opened his first coffee shop in Amsterdam and has since crafted his marijuana-breeding skills into a market-savvy empire known as Green House Seed Company, which rakes in millions of dollars a year. He’s won 38 Cannabis Cups and has dubbed himself the King of Cannabis.

Kings of Cannabis

VICE joins Arjan and his crew of strain hunters in Colombia to look for three of the country’s rarest types of weed, strains that have remained genetically pure for decades. In grower’s terms, these are called landraces.

As the dominoes of criminalization fall throughout the world, Arjan is positioned to be at the forefront of the legitimate international seed trade.

Tripping on Hallucinogenic Frogs – VICE Documentary (Video)

Tripping expert Hamilton Morris is at it again; taking a journey through the Amazon forest in hopes of discovering the psychedelic potential of the Sapo frog. 

In the Amazon rain forest, there lives a very special frog called the Phyllomedusa bicolor, otherwise known as the Sapo. Traditionally, the Mayoruna tribe uses this frog’s gooey secretions to gain superpowers that transform them into killer hunting machines. First they tie the frog up and scare it into releasing its venom (generally via the sophisticated method of poking it with sticks). Next the natives burn little holes in their arms and rub the venom into the wounds. Then they shit and vomit for half an hour, and then they (ostensibly) experience a sharpening and heightening of the senses and an ability to go for days without food or water. This helps them target their prey (which are monkeys, by the way—they eat monkeys).

Sapo Diaries: Tripping on Hallucinogenic Frogs

In part 2, federal agents, monster bugs, and an inept shaman keep getting in the way.

In part 3, a frog is caught, and a mind is blown.

Click here for a written Trip Report of Hamilton’s Amazonian Journey.

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Frida Kahlo Paintings, Art Gallery & Video

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Frida Kahlo lived a life full of sorrow and pain. However, instead of succumbing to her demons and allowing them to crush her spirit, she sprang up and decided to share herself with the world. Her paintings, many of them self-portraits due to her isolation, gained recognition after her death.  

I never paint dreams or nightmares. I paint my own reality. – Frida Kahlo

Self-Portrait 1940 – Oil on Canvas

Self-Portrait 1940 Oil on Canvas - Frida Kahlo

Fruits of the Earth – 1938 Oil on Masonite

Fruits of the Earth 1938 Oil on masonite

Tree of Hope – 1946 Oil on Masonite

Tree of Hope 1946 Oil on Masonite

I paint my own reality. The only thing I know is that I paint because I need to, and I paint whatever passes through my head without any other consideration. – Frida Kahlo

The Little Deer – 1946 Oil on Masonite

The Little Deer 1946 Oil on Masonite

A few Small Nips – 1935 Oil on Metal

A few Small Nips 1935 Oil on Metal

Self-Portrait (Dedicated to Leon Trotsky) – 1937 Oil on Masonite

Self-Portrait (Dedicated to Leon Trotsky) 1937 Oil on Masonite

The Two Fridas – 1939 Oil on Canvas

The Two Fridas 1939 Oil on canvas

Roots (Raices) – 1943 Oil on Sheet Metal

Roots (Raices) 1943 Oil on sheet metal

The Love Embrace of the Universe, the Earth (Mexico), Me, and Senor Xolotl – 1949 Oil on Canvas

The Love Embrace of the Universe, the Earth (Mexico), Me, and Senor Xolotl 1949 Oil on canvas

I paint self-portraits because I am so often alone, because I am the person I know best. – Frida Kahlo

Self Portrait II – 1940 Oil on Masonite

Self Portrait II 1940 Oil on Masonite

Portrait of Dona Rosita Morillo – 1944 Oil on canvas, Mounted on Masonite

Portrait of Dona Rosita Morillo 1944 Oil on canvas, mounted on masonite

Self-Portrait with Loose Hair – 1947 Oil on Masonite

Self-Portrait with Loose Hair 1947 Oil on Masonite

Self-Portrait as a Tehuana (Diego on My Mind) – 1943 Oil on Masonite

Self-Portrait as a Tehuana (Diego on My Mind) 1943 Oil on Masonite

What the Water Gave Me – 1938 Oil on Canvas

What the Water Gave Me 1938 Oil on Canvas

Painting completed my life. – Frida Kahlo

Life and Times of Frida Kahlo

My painting carries with it the message of pain. – Frida Kahlo

Eye of the Needle: An Ayahuasca Journey, Short Film (Video)

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Uncover an ancient South American ritualized medicine and mysterious hallucinogenic substance known as ayahuasca. Director, Daniel LeMunyan leads the viewer through a visually striking exploration into the Peruvian Amazon rainforest and the hidden depths of human consciousness in this short documentary.

Ayahuasca’s active ingredient is DMT or Dimethyltryptamine which causes intense hallucinations lasting for up to 8 hours. Blended and cooked slowly, this brew is a mixture of 2 plants found only in the Amazon and is used by locals to enter a deep trance that is said to heal the body and unlock the subconscious mind. Guided by shamans, a person enters the eye of the needle and must face his own truths and deepest fears.

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Bill Hicks – Mushroom Trip Experience, We All Are One (Video)

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In this scene from American: The Bill Hicks Story, Bill Hicks’ friends David Johndrow and Kevin Booth describe a mushroom trip where the three buddies encountered peace, love, and interdimensional beings.

You never see a positive drug story on the news. They always have the same LSD story. You’ve all seen it:

“Today a young man on acid … thought he could fly … jumped out of a building … what a tragedy!” What a dick. He’s an idiot. If he thought he could fly, why didn’t he take off from the ground first? Check it out? You don’t see geese lined up to catch elevators to fly south; they fly from the fucking ground. He’s an idiot. He’s dead. Good! We lost a moron? Fucking celebrate. There’s one less moron in the world.

Wouldn’t you like to see a positive LSD story on the news?

To base your decision on information rather than scare tactics and superstition?

Perhaps? Wouldn’t that be interesting? Just for once?

“Today, a young man on acid realized that all matter is merely energy condensed to a slow vibration – that we are all one consciousness experiencing itself subjectively. There’s no such thing as death, life is only a dream, and we’re the imagination of ourselves.”

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When We Grow – Cannabis Technology, Medicinal Uses and Legislation Documentary (Video)

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This cannabis technology documentary compiles information from different sources to support the legalization of cannabis for its use in place of inferior products.

“Hemcrete” is a new type of building material that surpasses concrete. Hemp paper is higher quality and more efficiently produced.

Medicinal Marijuana has uses across the board substituting for many pharmaceuticals without the adverse side effects.

The creator of the documentary is UK based, its refreshing to get this kind of support from the other side of the pond. Cannabis is not just for select states, countries or individuals. Cannabis is a birthright to all who inhabit this world where all the variations of this plant are a natural occurrence.

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Medical Marijuana – Impact on Human Health Documentary (Video)

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In this myth shattering, information packed documentary, learn from physicians and leading researchers about medical marijuana and its demonstrated effects on human health. This game changing documentary presents the most comprehensive synopsis to date of the real science surrounding the world’s most controversial plant.

Medical Marijuana – Impact on Human Health Documentary Topics

-What the consensus is from over 1500 scientific and medical trials

-What conditions have been proven to benefit from medical marijuana

-Its historical use as medicine dating back over 5300 years

Methods of delivery and their different advantages

-Government sponsored studies intended to show Marijuana having negative effects that yielded the exact opposite results

Common myths about negative effects of Marijuana and what the research really says about these topics

Marijuana’s History in Medicine

It was in 1942 that it was totally removed from the US Pharmacopeia or the formulary (list of medicines), but up until 1942 physicians could still write prescriptions for cannabis. Marijuana hasn’t been a medicine for 68 years in this country but it has been a medicine in the world for 3000 years. – Dr. Donald Abrams M.D., Chief of Hematology/Oncology, SF General Hospital

Unjust Government Classification of Cannabis

In 1988 the chief administrative law judge of the FDA issued a ruling recommending that marijuana be rescheduled from schedule 1 to schedule 2. In his ruling he found that marijuana was one of the safest therapeutic agents known to man and he stated that it was safer than eating 10 potatoes. So I’ve always been very careful about the number of potatoes I’ve eaten since then. – Dr. David Bearman M.D., Physician

Marijuana is Natural, Herbal Treatment for Asthma

Marijuana was widely used in the 1920s for the treatment of asthma and in the 1970s we found that marijuana has a Bronchodilator effect, it’s because the THC in the marijuana. – Dr. Donald Tashkin M.D., Professor of Pulmonary Medicin, UCLA

The Right to Use Cannabis as Medicine

If people let the government decide what foods they eat and what medicines they take, their bodies will soon be in as sorry a state as the souls of those who live under tyranny. – Thomas Jefferson, the principal author of the Declaration of Independence

Eternal Enemies – Lions Vs Hyenas, National Geographic Documentary (Video)

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Although we romanticize lions as mighty kings of the jungle, their reign is challenged daily in southern Africa by vicious packs of hyenas that compete for prey. Between the two species exists an ancient feud, and it unfolds in National Geographic’s Eternal Enemies. Watch as lions bring down a zebra, only to be attacked themselves by a pack of hyenas that chases them into the trees. Glowering, the big cats watch as the thieves devour their dinner.

Other scenes in this video are equally impressive, including life inside a hyena den–which captures the sounds of lions growling outside–and a tense encounter between a snake-bitten lioness and a pack of hyenas. With its gripping story line, Eternal Enemies is a standout among animal documentaries.

Walking On Eggshells: Borrowing Culture in the Remix Age (Documentary)

Walking On Eggshells: Borrowing Culture in the Remix Age (Documentary) | Third Monk

In the current age, the concept of remixing has become a controversial and problematic aspect of the creative landscape. From music to art and design, what constitutes fair game and what crosses the line is continually being questioned.

In Walking On Eggshells: Borrowing Culture in the Remix Age by Yale Law & Tech, the short 24-minute documentary explores the topic through the insights of different creatives and the impact of intellectual property laws in suppressing creative production.

Walking On Eggshells: Borrowing Culture in the Remix Age (PART 1/3)

 

Walking On Eggshells: Borrowing Culture in the Remix Age (PART 2/3)

 

Walking On Eggshells: Borrowing Culture in the Remix Age (PART 3/3)

Batman – Unmasked, The Psychology Of The Dark Knight Documentary (Video)

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The History Channel examines the mental landscape of Batman with select interviews from writers and various experts in the psychology field. Insight is given on the motivating forces that drive the Joker, Catwoman, and the other villains of Gotham City.

I always felt Batman had a great curiosity about the Joker because he hadn’t ever come across someone like him before. This is another character like himself that will not compromise whatsoever. The Joker wants to see that everybody has a price, that nobody is pure and that even Batman can be bought or leveraged in such a way that he would compromise his principles.

-Christian Bale

The Joker has an agenda of a chaos, he’s a unique villain in that he is not necessarily after money or power, or any of those traditional things, that’s really the hardest kind of evil to fight because you can’t bargain with it.

-Danny Fingeroth, author Superman on the Couch

Batman says philosophically we can acknowledge an imperfect world, we can acknowledge that we have to step outside of social norms but that doesn’t make the social norms meaningless. The Joker says the presence of random injustice means that there is no justice. The fact that innocents can be destroyed means that there is no innocence. The Joker isn’t just threatening him physically, he’s threatening the premise of Batman’s existence, that’s why it’s such an epic discussion that they’re having and it’s played out physically, it’s played out in punches and gun fights.

-Benjamin R. Karney, Professor of Psychology, UCLA

Matrix Philosophy – Return to the Source Documentary (Video)

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Jump back into the Matrix with this video and explore the philosophical concepts featured in  the Matrix movies. The documentary includes scenes from the trilogy which are broken down and analyzed for their philosophical meanings.

Hubert Dreyfus, Professor of Philosophy, UC Berkeley: (On René Descartes) “I think therefore I am”, His basic idea that we only have access to the content of our own minds gives us this thing called the “Problem of the External World”

The Matrix is everywhere, it is all around us, even now in this very room. You can see it when you look out your window, or when you turn on your television. You can feel it when you go to work, when you go to church, when you pay your taxes. It is the world that has been pulled over your eyes to blind you from the truth.

There are no general features Descartes thought that you could use from within a dream to be certain that you’re dreaming