Ganja Queen

Libertine · 07-05-2008

If you have HBO, I would strongly recommend this documentary. It was just released a few days ago here in the U.S.

The most disturbing ending to a movie i've ever seen. And it doesn't even involve blood , guts or violence. Unless if you consider the annoying paparazzi .

Basically involves an Australian girl who was going on vacation to Bali ,Indonesia... Somebody stuck 10 pounds of weed in her bag at the airport. She's now in jail for 20 years. Bali is at the top of the list of one of the most corrupt governments out there. So far she's served almost 4 years of her sentence...and recently been sent to a hospital for severe depression. (not surprising considering what she's been through)

Its hard to explain everything...you have to see it to understand. She was a beauty therapy student before going on vacation. Just the raw emotion you can tell she didnt know anything about this weed, and she had no friggin clue how it got there. Near the end of the movie I was waiting for the "not guilty" verdict and it was the opposite ! Watching that was horrible. You see them reading the verdict and her hyperventilating and going crazy. It was just so raw and no acting of any kind. So very sad to see. Lets just say you'll have extreme disgust towards the Bali govt. and judges of that case after watching it. They deliberately did this. They were even laughing during the trial.

Throughout the movie her family seemed a bit on the shady side. But you could clearly tell she was the goodie goodie of the bunch.

There are so many people in our jails even today that are serving terms for something they've never done...but to see the evidence and watch the raw emotion of a completely innocent person be given such an injustice this day in age is really difficult to watch and comprehend. And I know movies are movies....But there is absolutely no way in h*ll she knew anything about that weed. If this story would of made it big news here in the U.S. when it first happen 3 years ago... Im sure she would of been released by now.

Description of the prison she's been in for almost 4 years now :

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Kerobokan prison is on the outskirts of Denpasar. AIDS is rife in the jail and conditions appalling. Poor sanitation, lack of food and the tropical climate creates a harsh and dangerous environment in which to survive. Malnutrition and disease are common. The toilets in the jail's squalid cells sit directly beside the benches where food is prepared. The jail was built in 1976 for 366 prisoners, but it holds 525. Schapelle shares her 5m-wide cell with seven other women. She is forced to wash with only a small bucket and ladle. The untreated water is fetched from a dilapidated well in the prison compound. Food is delivered to the prisoners on a big cart, a bucket of rice which regularly contains stones, dirt and sticks. Human rights activists estimate that life expectancy in the badly overcrowded jail compound would be between 10 and 15 years.

Another example of how corrupt it is in Bali.. Some of the terrorists that bombed Bali a few years ago got less then 22 months in prison.

Some words of advice : Dont go to Bali .

A ton of American support since this Documentary was released -

US outrage at Schapelle Corby Story | Herald Sun

If you see it , you'll probably understand why. She seems very American in the documentary. Plus our whole thing of Freedom.

Upcoming Schedule -

HBO Schedule: GANJA QUEEN

Wiki Profile -

Schapelle Corby - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Trailer -

HBO Documentaries: Documentary Films Series: Ganja Queen: Synopsis (on the right side)

.writer · 07-05-2008

That's crazy... I JUST set this for record and then saw this thread.

But yeah, that's ****ed up. If I was her, and knew that I had basically no chance to get out, I'd just become An Hero. I COULD NOT live that long in a prison for something that I didn't do.

I think Team America should shoot over the and bust her out.

Btw, she's purty cute

Libertine · 07-05-2008

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Originally Posted by E. Writer

That's crazy... I JUST set this for record and then saw this thread.

But yeah, that's ****ed up. If I was her, and knew that I had basically no chance to get out, I'd just become An Hero. I COULD NOT live that long in a prison for something that I didn't do.

I think Team America should shoot over the and bust her out.

Btw, she's purty cute

I felt the same way E. about Team America. But I really dont know if there is much we can do. You can email the Australian Embassy of the U.S. if you wish - public.affairsus@dfat.gov.au ( I already sent mine in)

I'll admit, I dont get touched by much..but this flik has been in my head for a few days now. If you are going to see it, the part that will stun you the most is on Verdict Day.

I couldnt last a year myself I dont think. She's been a soldier toughing it out in there. Near the end of the documentary she's all desperate saying stuff like "something has to happen to let me out...theres noway I will survive here". And that was like 3 to 4 years ago.

At the end of the movie im like : "theres noway their going to end it like this....are they?" Sad stuff..

.writer · 07-05-2008

I'm gonna check this out for sure, I have it set for record so there's no way I can miss it.

If it really moves me, and I feel that she's innocent I will be sending an email to them folks. Even though it may not do much, or anything at all, some people still need to voice their thoughts on bullcrap like this, and maybe if she can get enough supporters they will be able to do something.

America has been policing the planet for years, so "we" should be able to do something. But, "we" probably won't, and this poor(if she's innocent) woman will either go insane or end herself :sad:

.writer · 07-06-2008

I'm about 20 minutes in on this, and I already think she's innocent. It's NOT possible to get that much weed through a major airport in Australia. I was watching some **** a few days ago about an British dude who tried to get some coke through a Sydney airport, and he got caught. So - that much weed? No effing way.

Libertine · 07-06-2008

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Originally Posted by E. Writer

I'm about 20 minutes in on this, and I already think she's innocent. It's NOT possible to get that much weed through a major airport in Australia. I was watching some **** a few days ago about an British dude who tried to get some coke through a Sydney airport, and he got caught. So - that much weed? No effing way.

Theres a couple boring parts near the beginning...interviews with lawyers and crap. Once you get through that part, you should be fine. 2nd half of it is good stuff.

BTW, I thought of her sister and half-brother as pretty shady. But during the last few years that same sister has been extremely supportive.. She even moved to Bali to be with her sis and visit her every single day. You cant really see that supportive-ness in the documentary.

.writer · 07-06-2008

I feel that she's innocent... but the filmmakers did a really crappy job playing out the story. They kept bouncing from one point to another, and I feel like they didn't put in everything that they could have. And at times, it made it hard to understand exactly how they were trying to portray her.

Libertine · 07-06-2008

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Originally Posted by E. Writer

I feel that she's innocent... but the filmmakers did a really crappy job playing out the story. They kept bouncing from one point to another, and I feel like they didn't put in everything that they could have. And at times, it made it hard to understand exactly how they were trying to portray her.

I'll agree with you there. They put alot of optimism on the family. Her half-brother I think stuck the weed in there.

.writer · 07-06-2008

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Originally Posted by Libertine

I'll agree with you there. They put alot of optimism on the family. Her half-brother I think stuck the weed in there.

I thought that too when they were talking to her and she said that she could've said it was his...

I can't believe that they totally blew off the fact that there were mules/airport employees being busted that very same day at that airport and another one. So that has me thinking that she just fell victim to this for not locking her bags.

strictlystyles · 07-06-2008

hey, hasnt there been another movie a few years back (based on true stories of course) on HBO about two girls on vacation that get swept off thier feet by a guy there and also end up being unknowing mules? I remember in that movie there also wasnt a happy ending, as the chick is still in prison.

Ok i found it, it was broken down palace, same type of situation, yet two fiction characters that got the book thrown at them whan a hot austrailian guy asks them to take a side trip to bankok, then BAM! they find heroin in thier bags at the airport. Its sad that these types of things happen alot, yet there are few stories that get as big as this.I think by now people should be very very cautious of what they do in a foreign country.