Rhode Island International Film Festival 2009

California is the world's 6th largest economy. Cash Crop is a road movie; an epic West Coast adventure to the heart of the American dream.UNDERCOVER for a year and a half, MUSICIAN and AWARD WINNING FILM MAKER, ADAM ROSS, follows the historic Spanish Camino Real up the California Coast to the heart of the EMERALD TRIANGLE, humanizing the voyage and characters, giving the viewer unique inside-access to the LARGEST CASH CROP in CALIFORNIA: MARIJUANA. Estimated in December 2006 by the LA Times as a $35 BILLION DOLLAR A YEAR INDUSTRY-MARIJUANA is the U.S.'s largest cash crop-number one in 12 States, in the top three in 30. GROWERS, PATIENTS, lawmakers and law enforcement wrestle with issues of SUSTAINABILITY, FREEDOM, SELF GOVERNMENT, ENTREPRENEURSHIP and GREED in the GOLDEN STATE GONE GREEN.The feel good movie of the year.The film crosses the Mexican border up to Eureka through San Diego, Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, Santa Cruz, San Francisco and lingers in the counties of Sonoma, Butte, Lake, Mendocino, and Humboldt, exploring a rich quintessentially American culture.Ranchers, vintners, brewers, growers and law enforcement provide a rich tapestry of Americans going it alone beyond the last mission outpost carving out a way of life that reinforces aspects of American culture and values.Cash Crop is filmed in high definition with an original soundtrack by musician/director Adam Ross.Small vs. corporate, local vs. Federal legal and medical issues, Californians seek sustainability during these difficult economic times.