The Pl*nt Documentary, Featuring Professor Raphael Mechoulam’s Last Recorded Interview, Debuts at Mary Jane Berlin

Directed by Ferran Calbet and produced by HighVideo Films in collaboration with Royal Queen Seeds, the documentary brings together voices from science, medicine, law, cultivation, culture and industry to examine one of the world’s most debated and misunderstood plants beyond the familiar frames of politics, stigma and ideology.

At the centre of the film is what is believed to be the last recorded interview with Professor Raphael Mechoulam, the pioneering scientist who first isolated THC and later helped identify CBD, and who is widely regarded as the father of modern cannabis research. His appearance gives The Pl*nt rare historical weight: a final filmed testimony from a figure whose work fundamentally changed the scientific understanding of cannabis.

The Pl*nt also features cannabis educator Jorge Cervantes, whose books reached growers where laws could not; Boy Ramsahai, Founder of Royal Queen Seeds; attorney Meital Manzuri, who has spent her career navigating the legal contradictions around the plant; hemp entrepreneur Vincent Lartizien, turning the crop into biomaterials and nutrition; influencer Max Buechse, exploring new forms of consumption; and the Brushetts, a family whose child found relief from epilepsy through CBD. Together, they present cannabis not simply as an industry subject, but as a story shaped by science, medicine, policy, public perception, personal experience and cultural change.

The Mary Jane Berlin event will bring the documentary to an international audience of cannabis industry leaders, media, entrepreneurs, researchers and cultural voices. The presentation is positioned as an industry screening and celebration event, designed to introduce the film to key figures in the global cannabis conversation as the project enters its next phase of international visibility.

“For too long, this plant has been reduced to a debate or a stigma,” said Boy Ramsahai. “We wanted to bring science, medicine, history and human experience into the same room, and let people decide what to do with what they see. After watching this film, I don’t think anyone will look at cannabis the same way again.”

While the Berlin presentation introduces the film to the cannabis industry, The Pl*nt is already reaching general audiences. The documentary is currently available on Amazon Prime Video in Spain. RQS and HighVideo are actively working with Amazon on the documentary’s international rollout.