. Crockett pitched him the idea—the pair used to date—in 2018, and they produced it throughout the pandemic, during which the storyline changed a lot. DC’s adult-use market was once dominated by delivery and pickup services, for instance, and now thanks to commercial real estate woes, storefront operations have become much more common.
“We almost had to go backwards a bit and interview people with a new set of questions,” Ortiz says. They purposely concentrated on the recreational market, though the film features medical-dispensary insiders as well. “We just could not put all of that in the film and focus on adult sales and focus on decriminalizing our communities and racial justice and statehood,” Crockett says.
Nor were they able to spend much time on legislation passed by the DC Council late last year that provides a pathway for . “It’s very different than making a documentary from a historical perspective where everything has more or less already happened,” Ortiz says.. Then, it’s on to the film-festival circuit, Ortiz says, followed by a planned theatrical run and eventually streaming services. He has a narrative project in the works, as well as a documentary about his family.will mark the beginning and end of her film career: “I’m never making another film,” she laughs.