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Director: Len Richmond Writer: Len Richmond Narrator: Peter Coyote Marijuana has been used by human beings since their early days on earth, probably for its high protein and Omega-3 content; there is even scientific speculation that marijuana may have even triggered a great leap forward in early human brain function. Cannabis was a popular medicine in the United States until 1937 when legislation passed to prohibit doctors from prescribing cannabis. (It is probably no coincidence that this is when mass produced medicine and health care was evolving into a big business.) Cannabis has been scientifically proven as anti-inflammatory, anti-spasmodic, and anti-bacterial; it can be used to treat depression, traumatic stress syndrome, chronic pain, glaucoma, migraines, multiple sclerosis, as well as several other medical conditions. Len Richmond’s What If Cannabis Cured Cancer, however, focuses on the anti-cancer properties of cannabis. The human body has an existing endocannabinoid system (yes, we have...

Sept. 26

6:10 p.m.

Shattuck Cinemas

2230 Shattuck Ave.

Berkeley, CA 94704

Hosted by: Berkeley Video and Film Festival

Bay Area underground auteur Waylon Bacon will be debuting his latest magnum opus, Help Wanted, at the 19th annual Berkeley Video and Film Festival. The 20-minute short film will be preceded by three of Bacon’s earlier, shorter works: Poster Boy, Bob and My Worst Nightmare.

Plus: Advance buzz on Help Wanted has been so intense that a second screening has been added for Monday, Sept. 27 at 9:00 p.m. at the Revolution Cafe in San Francisco’s Mission District. If you’re in the Bay Area, make it to one screening or go to both!

Help Wanted follows a young man on an interview for what appears to be the worst job of all time. While the details of that job are being kept secret, let’s just say it involves a warehouse and dead bodies.