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Times of London: A tiny bit of cinema history

Posted by Chris Hyams on June 2nd, 2008

Last week, Steve Jelbert profiled Super High Me for The Times of London, highlighting B-Side’s Roll Your Own Screening program. The article, titled Super High Me reveals the secrets of a rolling stoner, opens with the choice teaser:
For once the heads have got it together. A documentary that began life as an offhand […]

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FilmStew: The B-Side of Boffo BO

Posted by Chris Hyams on May 26th, 2008

Well, this is officially the first time the word "Boffo" has been used in conjunction with B-Side. Richard Horgan of FilmStew wrote a nice piece last week on B-Side’s Roll Your Own Screening program for Super High Me. The very generous subtitle reads:
Although Super High Me’s grassroots exploits are of an entirely different […]

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G4: ‘Super High Me’ Opens Big

Posted by Chris Hyams on May 9th, 2008

A nice little piece from G4 on our Roll Your Own Screening program for Super High Me:
Since this was a smaller, independent film with little to no advertising budget, the innovators over at B-Side Entertainment decided to approach distribution of the film differently. […] If you had a projector, a DVD player, and a few […]

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MSNBC: Capitalist buzz builds around stoner ‘holiday’

Posted by Chris Hyams on April 16th, 2008

Mike Stuckey of MSNBC spoke to Super High Me producer Alex Campbell and I last week. His story published today on msnbc.com looks at the commercialization of 420. While the article takes a skeptical view of both pot-smoking and the varied attempts to cash in on the 420 phenomenon, we get a nice […]

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Talking up Roll Your Own on Chillville

Posted by Chris Hyams on March 31st, 2008

Spent the morning with 101X’s Ray Seggern (aka Raydog) talking about our Roll Your Own Screening program. Ray is a big supporter of the local Austin indie film scene, and highlights filmmakers on a regular basis. The interview segment audio is all posted here.

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Variety SXSW story: Companies pact to distribute “Super High Me”

Posted by Chris Hyams on March 11th, 2008

Our friend Mike Jones at Variety wrote a nice piece on today’s Super High Me announcement.
This is the kind of alternative distribution news that defines SXSW.
Announced at the film’s SXSW screening, B-Side, Red Envelope and Screen Media Films have partnered to distribute Michael Blieden’s stoner doc, “Super High Me,” where the director documents comedian Doug […]

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