Sisters of the Valley Film Project
Donation protected
Here is the film preview:
https://www.sistersofcbd.com/gofundme/
The Sisters of the Valley are an enclave of women who work together, live together, and pray together. They are unaffiliated with any man-made religions. Their beliefs are Wiccan (latin for “Wise”) and Native American (English for ‘also wise’), and they are activists for plant-based medicine and plant-based diets.
They swim against the tide.
They are Beguine revivalists. They have set out to rescue women from poverty, one at a time, while performing a valuable service to the community and meeting their own goals of sustainability and growth.
The Beguines had an enclave in many castles and towns across Europe during the middle ages. They, too, were unaffiliated with man-made religion. They were spiritual women, business women, women from every social class -- all intent on helping women.
Some are outraged that the Sisters wear the habit, but the Sisters maintain that they are simply showing the utmost respect to a plant that has been severely disrespected for so long.
Like their Beguine fore-mothers, the Sisters wear the uniform that identifies their enclave and their trade. They are medicine-making women.
The path of the Sisters has many challenges. Beginning with the fact that the lawmakers in the area they live don't believe that cannabis has any medicinal value (yes, it's California, but the central valley is the Iowa of California - no offense to Iowians).
The law-makers in these parts have fought and continue to fight and denegrate all things cannabis, and all people involved in those businesses.
The Sisters have been investigated, harassed and even banned, but they continue on. And they carry on in one of the top most dangerous counties in America.
The Sisters work with only non-psychotropic cannabis and it is impossible for anyone to 'catch a buzz' from their products. Yet, they are activists for whole plant freedom. They are women of science. They know the THC is medicine, too.
The Sisters work with only one half of the medicine, so that they can reach more people. Their products are shipped around the world.
The Sisters believe that all laws about the cannabis plant were aimed at the THC, and that now that the Sisters have strains that have been bred to be high in CBD (the pain-relieving healing compounds that won’t get a person ‘high’), the laws and law-keepers need to back off.
Sisters of the Valley and Deuce Films believe there is a story to be told. A story about this place, a place that has great soil, great sun, and cannabis grow experience that goes back generations. This place that grows much of the fruit and vegetables and wine for America, but has its people locked hard into perpetual poverty.
This place ranks among the worst counties in crime and murder rates in the country. This place pays its county lawmakers at the top of the list of wages compared to what other counties pay (counties that don't have high poverty and high crime).
The Sisters of the Valley are raising money to create an honest, raw, real film about the central valley of California and the changes to the landscape, to the people, as the cannabis prohibition era dies. It is the documentary of the death of prohibition and the dawning of a new economic age for the people of the central valley. It is a fight to have the cannabis bans lifted, it is a fight for legitimization of cannabis businesses, it is a fight for water, land, safety, and a government that works for the people. It is a fight of a new enlightened paradigm taking on the Goliath of bias toward the intelligent plant. It’s a story that needs to be told.
The violence associated with growing cannabis sprouts from the fact that it has not yet been legitimized. The Sisters believe that the crime and brutality associated with growing the intelligent plant stems directly from the fact that it is been criminalized and the progressive changes coming will bring peace to the people and the plant.
All proceeds go to the creation of the film.
The budget requires approximately 4 trips per year over two years of the film crew from London and it is estimated that those will cost approximately $15K per trip, as we will be hiring camera men for those central valley visits. Editing costs and miscellaneous take up the rest.
We will be using the funds beginning in February, which will be the second trip by Deuce films, but the first trip that will be funded by the Sisters' efforts.
We are very, very, humble and ever so grateful for any contribution, no matter how small. We know that your money is hard-earned. We do believe that people around the world will benefit from hearing this story. You can be part of that by helping us. (PS, we have been made offers by film companies but we want to do this organically . . .)
www.sistersofcbd.com
Go to our 'more' tab for our youtube music videos and abbey news.
https://www.sistersofcbd.com/gofundme/
The Sisters of the Valley are an enclave of women who work together, live together, and pray together. They are unaffiliated with any man-made religions. Their beliefs are Wiccan (latin for “Wise”) and Native American (English for ‘also wise’), and they are activists for plant-based medicine and plant-based diets.
They swim against the tide.
They are Beguine revivalists. They have set out to rescue women from poverty, one at a time, while performing a valuable service to the community and meeting their own goals of sustainability and growth.
The Beguines had an enclave in many castles and towns across Europe during the middle ages. They, too, were unaffiliated with man-made religion. They were spiritual women, business women, women from every social class -- all intent on helping women.
Some are outraged that the Sisters wear the habit, but the Sisters maintain that they are simply showing the utmost respect to a plant that has been severely disrespected for so long.
Like their Beguine fore-mothers, the Sisters wear the uniform that identifies their enclave and their trade. They are medicine-making women.
The path of the Sisters has many challenges. Beginning with the fact that the lawmakers in the area they live don't believe that cannabis has any medicinal value (yes, it's California, but the central valley is the Iowa of California - no offense to Iowians).
The law-makers in these parts have fought and continue to fight and denegrate all things cannabis, and all people involved in those businesses.
The Sisters have been investigated, harassed and even banned, but they continue on. And they carry on in one of the top most dangerous counties in America.
The Sisters work with only non-psychotropic cannabis and it is impossible for anyone to 'catch a buzz' from their products. Yet, they are activists for whole plant freedom. They are women of science. They know the THC is medicine, too.
The Sisters work with only one half of the medicine, so that they can reach more people. Their products are shipped around the world.
The Sisters believe that all laws about the cannabis plant were aimed at the THC, and that now that the Sisters have strains that have been bred to be high in CBD (the pain-relieving healing compounds that won’t get a person ‘high’), the laws and law-keepers need to back off.
Sisters of the Valley and Deuce Films believe there is a story to be told. A story about this place, a place that has great soil, great sun, and cannabis grow experience that goes back generations. This place that grows much of the fruit and vegetables and wine for America, but has its people locked hard into perpetual poverty.
This place ranks among the worst counties in crime and murder rates in the country. This place pays its county lawmakers at the top of the list of wages compared to what other counties pay (counties that don't have high poverty and high crime).
The Sisters of the Valley are raising money to create an honest, raw, real film about the central valley of California and the changes to the landscape, to the people, as the cannabis prohibition era dies. It is the documentary of the death of prohibition and the dawning of a new economic age for the people of the central valley. It is a fight to have the cannabis bans lifted, it is a fight for legitimization of cannabis businesses, it is a fight for water, land, safety, and a government that works for the people. It is a fight of a new enlightened paradigm taking on the Goliath of bias toward the intelligent plant. It’s a story that needs to be told.
The violence associated with growing cannabis sprouts from the fact that it has not yet been legitimized. The Sisters believe that the crime and brutality associated with growing the intelligent plant stems directly from the fact that it is been criminalized and the progressive changes coming will bring peace to the people and the plant.
All proceeds go to the creation of the film.
The budget requires approximately 4 trips per year over two years of the film crew from London and it is estimated that those will cost approximately $15K per trip, as we will be hiring camera men for those central valley visits. Editing costs and miscellaneous take up the rest.
We will be using the funds beginning in February, which will be the second trip by Deuce films, but the first trip that will be funded by the Sisters' efforts.
We are very, very, humble and ever so grateful for any contribution, no matter how small. We know that your money is hard-earned. We do believe that people around the world will benefit from hearing this story. You can be part of that by helping us. (PS, we have been made offers by film companies but we want to do this organically . . .)
www.sistersofcbd.com
Go to our 'more' tab for our youtube music videos and abbey news.
Organizer
Christine Meeusen
Organizer
Merced, CA