The Union: The Business Behind Getting High
An irreverent investigation into how British Columbia’s illegal marijuana trade operates like a multinational business and why prohibition may be its greatest advantage.
Overview
Explore the hidden world of marijuana trade and its surprising implications on society.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Moderate
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- None
- irreverent
- provocative
- informative
- political discussion night
- documentary double feature
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Growers, economists, police officers, and politicians discuss how illegality may increase the profitability of British Columbia's marijuana trade.
The filmmaker brings together growers, law enforcement, criminologists, doctors, economists, politicians, and cultural figures to map the industry.
Tommy Chong, Joe Rogan, archival political material, and the film's comedic framing leaven its examination of drug law and commerce.
The film presents BC Bud as a large, organized business operating across borders despite remaining illegal.
Films like The Union: The Business Behind Getting High, and why
Grass
investigative documentary approach to drug policy, criminalization, and the economics of an illicit market
The Culture High
social-issue documentary examining the political and cultural consequences of cannabis prohibition
How to Make Money Selling Drugs
provocative documentary analysis of drug criminalization and the institutions that sustain it
Super High Me
accessible, interview-driven documentary using humor to investigate a controversial underground economy
Movie Details
- Director
- Brett Harvey
- Release Date
- 2007-05-08
- Runtime
- 104 min
- Rating
- 7.3 / 10 (84)
Cast
- George H. W. Bush
- George W. Bush
- Chris Bennett
- Tommy Chong
- Joe Rogan
- Craig X. Rubin
- Maestro
Common questions
- What is The Union: The Business Behind Getting High about?
- An irreverent investigation into how British Columbia’s illegal marijuana trade operates like a multinational business and why prohibition may be its greatest advantage.
- What is The Union: The Business Behind Getting High like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of The Union: The Business Behind Getting High as measured, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as layered.
- Is The Union: The Business Behind Getting High violent?
- No — Ember's analysis finds no violence in The Union: The Business Behind Getting High.
- Which films are like The Union: The Business Behind Getting High?
- Films with a similar feel include Grass, The Culture High, How to Make Money Selling Drugs, and Super High Me.
- How long is The Union: The Business Behind Getting High?
- The Union: The Business Behind Getting High runs 104 minutes.
