At last night's 2012: Time for Change screening in New York, Sting, who appears in the film, told CelebStoner that he thinks Prop 19, the Tax Cannabis initiative, will prevail in California come November. Sting recently joined the Drug Policy Alliance and appeared with Montel Williams in a DPA promo video.
"Everyone knows the War on Drugs has failed," he said in March. "It's time to step out of our comfort zones, acknowledge the truth - and challenge our leaders, and ourselves, to change."
Despite the apocalyptic prophecy surrounding the end of the Mayan calendar in 2012, Sting called 2012: Time for Change "an optimistic film," during the post-screening Q&A. "It's not a gloom and doom film. It's realistic optimism." WATCH THE TRAILER BELOW
Narrated by author Daniel Pinchbeck (above, right) and directed by Joao Amorim, the 85-minute documentary (not to be confused with Roland Emmerich's 2009 blockbuster, 2012) provokes but doesn't push too hard. Pinchbeck's mission is to encourage positive change and personal transformation through shamaniism, yoga, meditation, permaculture and sustainability. We can all start by not purchasing bottled water, the director implored.
In the film, Pinchbeck journeys to Africa and South America, where he samples native hallucinogens, iboga and ayahuasca. "We should have the right to determine our own consciousness," he said. "These tools are available to us."
Sting noted about his experience with ayahuasca in Brazil: "I was wired to the entire cosmos. It was the only genuine religious experience I've ever had. It gives you access to the Godhead."
2010: Time for Change also features interviews with David Lynch, Gilberto Gil, Dennis McKenna and Ellen Page. The film opens in New York on Oct. 15.
