‘Get the Weed’
Codirectors Denny Brechner and Marcos Hecht
The rather hilarious while also subversively poignant mockumentary Get the Weed comes from Uruguay, the South American country that actually legalized weed years ago (true story) but then didn’t have enough of it to give out (also true story). So their farmer rebel-turned-president (who willingly stars in this film, true story) enlists two of his comrades to go get some from the United States (not true story).
He mock interviews a number of American officials in a seemingly Borat style, in which the interviewees don’t know it’s a joke. Meanwhile, some internal love drama ensues with our lovable, hapless search squad, and we get a nice tour of the United States legal pot landscape. A real hoot.
Both of the co-directors answered my questions about the film, which was also co-directed by Alfonso Guerrero.
