Media Advisory: Release of "THE PRINCIPLE OF POT" Documentary
January 17, 2010 by Paul McKeever
Paul McKeever
***Media Advisory***
Attention: News/Assignment Editors, Reporters
Marc Emery / Prince of Pot – Extradition
International Release of “THE PRINCIPLE OF POT” Documentary
To Precede Extradition Decision by Canadian Justice Minister
Movie to be released on YouTube.com at
12:01 AM (EST) on Monday, January 18, 2010
Just after midnight tonight, Ontario lawyer Paul McKeever will release Part 1 of “The Principle of Pot”, his new two-part documentary about the nature and motives of Marc Emery, the media-dubbed Prince of Pot. Part 1 runs 1 hour and 39 minutes. Part 2 will be released at a later date.
The launch is timed to precede a decision by Canada’s federal justice minister, Rob Nicholson, about whether or not to approve the extradition of Emery to the United States, where he faces years of imprisonment for having sold cannabis seeds, in Vancouver, Canada, via mail order. The Minister’s decision is expected within the next 81 days.
Emery’s opponents, and the U.S. authorities who demanded his arrest in Halifax, have attempted to portray Emery as a profit-motivated drug dealer. Part 1 of McKeever’s documentary will cover the period up to 1990; a period during which Emery was equally active as an advocate of individual freedom, but whose advocacy of individual freedom did not include campaigns concerning the issue of cannabis prohibition.
Being the result of countless hours of research, interviews, writing and editing, the video includes audio, video and textual information that has never been seen in any profile of Emery. Much of the audio and video having been drawn from the archives of Freedom Party of Ontario (with which Emery was active until 1990), it has never before been seen by the general public or media.
What: “The Principle of Pot” (Part 1) – divided into four segments (a playlist will be available)
When: approximately 12:01 AM (EST), Monday, January 18, 2010 (i.e., just after midnight on Sunday)
Where: http://www.youtube.com/paulmckeever (a playlist URL will be made available, and can be embedded on any web site without seeking permission from Paul McKeever to do so)
For further information, contact:
Paul McKeever
Confidential Cell Phone: ***-***-****
e-mail: pm@paulmckeever.ca
Part 1-1: Emery’s birth; early political activity; Ayn Rand and Howard Roark (1979); the Libertarian Party (1980); three publications (1980-1983); Unparty (1981-83); the birth of Freedom Party (1984).
Part 1-2: The No Tax for Pan Am Games campaign (1984); the London garbage strike (1987).
Part 1-3: The campaign against the ban on Sunday retailing 1986-1990); jail (1988).
Part 1-4: The Calendars for Individual Freedom (1987-1989); no to elections / yes to erections (anti-censorship campaigns 1984 and 1989-90); leaving Freedom Party (1990); a new strategy (1990).
This media advisory is being copied to Canada’s government, including Justice Minister Rob Nicholson, to Canada’s Members of Parliament
and to other governmental and non-governmental organizations interested in the matter of Marc Emery, and his possible extradition.
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