The Emperor of Hemp: The Jack Herer Story (1999) is the documentary that includes segments that will make you go, "Ahhh, dude, I remember seeing that on YouTube a few years ago." While Obama would rather you just chuckle when he cracks jokes (i.e. like the way he calls welfare expansion a "tax cut"), this movie is no joke.
Jack Herer is the author of a 1985 best-selling book titled The Emperor Wears No Clothes. 30 years ago his life became a crusade against tyranny and the social acceptance of falsehoods, and he has, against the will of the mainstream media, produced new information on an ancient plant the world shunned in favor of fossil fuels, deforestation and destruction.
The first book Herer wrote was an animated book called Grass, and soon thereafter put together the deep-seeded connection mankind had with hemp and what followed was firestorm that opened the way for Jack to be the figurehead for a bandwagon few at the time were ready to jump on.
Shunned by zero tolerance laws that were highlighted by Ronald Reagan's claim marijuana resulted in permanent brain damage in 1980, Jack would eventually get arrested, which would lead to his masterpiece, The Emperor Wears No Clothes, in 1983, best described as "a part scientific document, part journalistic exposé and part holy crusade" must-read, currently in its 11th edition.
