“This film didn’t start as a film. It started as a walk, wandering around the streets of Barcelona with Frenchy, Kimberly, Océane and Leo. I was there with my partner Lance to meet Frenchy, and film his hash workshops at a few of the local cannabis clubs. The first thing I noticed about Frenchy was the maze of laugh lines that appeared on his face when he smiled and gave me a hug. I thought: this is a man who has been smiling his whole life. And his smile was contagious.

Frenchy, Leo, and Kimberly's knowledge and obsession with cannabis and hashish immediately blew my mind. I realized it was their life’s work - day in and day out. They were in love with the plant. And their relationship was inspiring. During this trip in Barcelona, they told me stories of the Emerald Triangle - the good, the bad, and the ugly - and explained the confusing mess impending legalization had been causing. We agreed this moment in time must be documented because nobody knew where it was headed, and we may be witnessing the final days of the Emerald Triangle as it had been known.

A few months later I rented the first of many rental cars from the Hertz in Richmond, California, and Frenchy and I took our first of many trips to the Emerald Triangle together. Now the film had begun. It was a dimension brand new to me. The natural beauty of the place was stunning and Frenchy introduced me to farmer after the farmer, friend after friend. They all took us into their incredible, homemade homes welcoming us with big fat farmer joints. The characters I met and the conversations I witnessed felt like a film. There was so much passion and wisdom found in all topics of conversation. Frenchy and I would drive from farm to farm through bucolic landscape and wild dirt roads tasting the latest buds gifted by Casey or Leo or Swami sprinkled with Frenchy's immaculate, turbo-charged hashish - usually created from those same buds. Those joints were masterpieces and I will always cherish the endless conversation Frenchy and I had in those rental cars. But once we hit Bell Springs Road, or we were deep in the Lost Coast, we would turn off the music and roll down the windows - we would sit in comfortable stoned silence, driving slow, listening to the sounds of the paradise that surrounded us.

The intention of the film is to highlight the ethos of sustainable farming and dedication to quality sun-grown cannabis shared by Frenchy and his farmers. During filming, California’s cannabis industry experienced waves of change that negatively affected and threatened the livelihood of the small farmers Frenchy worked with. This maelstrom of bureaucracy and hypocrisy forms the context of the film in which Frenchy and the farmers' fight for quality — and survival — intensified. Unfortunately, the mistreatment of small cannabis farmers is still happening today, and, with the release of this documentary, we hope to bring awareness and change to the situation.” Jake Remington