reefer madness poster (3 resultados)

Condición: Near Fine. First Edition. Original full color poster for a concert against police abuse, pro-marijuana rally and march in Washington, DC, July 3-4, 1985. Features caricature of President Ronald Reagan as a priest (in Roman collar) surrounded by scenes of police abuse. Near the top of the poster, a caricatured Nancy Reagan rides a police pig while zapping fleeing marijuana advocates with a ray-gun. The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers, Groucho Marx and John Lennon can be spotted among those running. Folded once. Otherwise, very light creases at corners.

No Binding. Condición: Near Fine. 1985; Washington. Rally Against The Reefer Madness, Stop The Witch Hunt. Counterculture Poster.

17" x 11" offset. Condición: Fine. 17" x 11" offset. The infamous 1936 film Reefer Madness was funded by a church group and made in earnest as anti-marijuana propaganda depicting the extreme perils of drug abuse. In the 1972 the film was rediscovered and shown as satire to throngs of stoned audiences who found all of the messages comically absurd. Underground film maker Jack Smith wrote an appreciation for The Village Voice in which he stated that "it is a beautiful film, and everyone in the arts should see it." There are subsequently a lot of variant posters that were made in the '70s to promote midnight screenings of the film however this may well be the most racy of them all.