- MTV Documentary Films celebrates 4/20 with the highly anticipated Going to Pot: The High and Low of It
- Synopsis: Going to Pot: The High and Low of It explores this rapidly growing industry through an irreverent approach to the misconceptions and promises of the marijuana explosion. Executive producers Bailey and Barbato (Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures, The Eyes of Tammy Faye), who made Emmy® history with their multi-year wins for RuPaul’s Drag Race, take viewers on an experience of the good, the bad and the evil.
- The film is executive produced by Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato and written and produced by Jim Fraenkel for World of Wonder Productions. Sheila Nevins, Nina L. Diaz and Liza Burnett Fefferman are executive producers for MTV Documentary Films.
- MTV Documentary Films, whose first film St. Louis Superman was nominated for an Oscar® last year, has a robust slate that includes: Hunger Ward, the Academy Award® nominated Documentary Short Subject, 76 Days, Shortlisted for an Academy Award and set deep inside the frontlines of the pandemic in Wuhan, Finding Yingying, Beautiful Something Left Behind, Alexandra Pelosi’s American Selfie: One Nation Shoots Itself, the upcoming Sundance director’s prize winner Sabaya and several others.
- For nearly three decades, award-winning media company World of Wonder has introduced audiences to new worlds, talent and ideas that have shaped culture. A pioneer in both scripted and documentary formats across television, film and digital platforms, WOW’s prolific portfolio includes the global phenomenon, Emmy-award winning RuPaul’s Drag Race franchise (VH1/Logo/WOW Presents Plus), Million Dollar Listing LA & NY (Bravo), and Big Freedia: Queen of Bounce (Fuse.) WOW’s rich documentary filmmaking pedigree includes premiering seven projects at Sundance Film festival and numerous productions for networks including HBO, E!, BBC, and theatrical release through WOW Docs. Notable film projects include Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures, Party Monster, and The Eyes of Tammy Faye. World of Wonder has also created a substantial digital footprint with its owned-and-operated streaming service WOW Presents Plus and YouTube channel WOWPresents. The extended World of Wonder-verse includes music label World of Wonder Records, WOW Podcast Network, and the world’s largest drag culture convention RuPaul’s DragCon. Co-founders Randy Barbato and Fenton Bailey have been named to Variety’s Reality TV Impact Report, honored with the IDA Pioneer Award, named to Realscreen’s Global 100 list, and selected for the OUT100 list for their trailblazing work. World of Wonder creates out of a historic building/gallery space in the heart of Hollywood.
