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POWER & CONTROL: LSD IN THE 60s (2005, 60 minutes) at 8pm - Seminal gonzo documentarian Aron Ranen (in person) presents his peripatetic journey to uncover the secret history of psychedelics. From legitimate experiments conducted at the Harvard Divinity School to the bizarre plans to dose unknowing Johns in a CIA run brothel. LSD was made illegal in 1966 right at of the height of the Anti-War and Counter-Culture Movements. Ranen's journeys to find out why? Includes his new Interviews with Ram Dass & Paul Krassner. Plus two shorts: Black Hair (2006, 30m) African-American Women purchase roughly 80 percent of the wigs and extensions bought here in America, yet own practically no piece of this business. Ranen's investigative documentary looks into the Korean monopolization of the African-American Beauty Supply Business and what some Black Americans are doing to take it back. Semantic Warrior (2011, 10m) Sneak preview of Ranen's new compelling documentary on the life and times of attorney Tony Serra, pot smoking social justice warrior. He was portrayed by James Woods in the Hollywood movie True Believer.

7pm: Live Interview with Ranen by Gerry Fialka.

7 Dudley Cinema at Beyond Baroque, 681 Venice Blvd, Venice CA 90291, 310-822-3006, free admission, 7-10pm Info: 310-306-7330 Gerry Fialka

Location Name:  7 Dudley Cinema/Beyond Baroque

Address: 681 Venice Blvd., Venice, CA 90291