S1.E4 ∙ Judah Smith

The Medical Kush Beach Club was the first and last medical marijuana store ever allowed in Venice Beach, California. This is the five year history of the Medical Marijuana Dispensary scene in Los Angeles. Shot on Venice Beach before, during and after Proposition 19.

On October 11, 1923, Ray, Roy, and Hugh d'Autremont held up Train #13, of the Southern Pacific Railroad just outside of Ashland, Oregon. Four train men were murdered. The brothers were found four years later and sentenced to life in prison. The Crime of the d'Autremont Brothers is a one-hour documentary detailing this 'last great American train robbery.' The story is told through their lawyer who fought for their parole, and a documentary filmmaker who struggled to make a 1973 documentary on the subject.

This is a story of a young man who found his way while traversing the murky waters from adolescence to manhood.

While walking home from school one day, 16 year old Joseph Lopez found himself in the midst of a firefight on the playground of the St. Nicholas Houses Public Housing Project. Lopez lives in the St. Nicholas Houses with his mother Alejandrina. She was inside their apartment when she heard the shots ring out. Another St. Nicholas resident, Darlene Goode, was enjoying the late September day on one of the playgrounds benches as the shooting began. The Playground tells the story of three neighbors experience of violence, fear, love, and courage in the face of gun violence.