Marihuana

A young girl named Burma attends a beach party with her boyfriend and after she smokes marijuana with a bunch of other girls, she gets pregnant and another girl drowns while skinny dipping in the ocean. Burma and her boyfriend go to work for the pusher in order to make money so they can get married. However, during a drug deal her boyfriend is killed leaving Burma to fend for herself. Burma then becomes a major narcotics pusher in her own right after giving up her baby for adoption.

My take

A stark 1930s cautionary tale that pulls no punches about consequence and desperation. This is heavy, uncompromising cinema for viewers seeking historical perspective on how drugs, poverty, and tragedy collide—not for the faint of heart.

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