Freeland

There has never been a more chill movie about drugs. Insane landscapes filled with fog, or perhaps a thick cloud of marijuana smoke—this is the home of Dev, a silver-haired hippie (Krisha Fairchild from Waves) still living in the utopia of the 1970s who employs young people on her farm, including Lily Gladstone from Certain Woman and First Cow. The legalization of pot marks the end of the libertarian dream. The commune is emptying out, as capitalism grabs the spoils of the counterculture. Smoking “God’s Pussy” is turning into a soulless business. Is it time to legalize cannabis but perhaps take away access to firearms? How will you be able to continue to dull the pain of existence? This quiet film, in the style of Kelly Reichardt, was shot on real cannabis farms that resemble a paradise where the rivers are clean, and the people are bathed in the light of the setting sun. This is the most personal film by two directors who started their career with the documentary Pot Country, about the complex relationships around people who both smoke weed and make a living off it in northern California. The subject is the difficulty involved in integrating alternative communities into a free market for drugs.