Code of the West - A film by Rebecca Richman Cohen
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Upcoming Screenings  

Feb 28 - March 9, 2014   Byron Bay, Australia ‎   
Byron Bay International Film Festival


Previous Screenings  

November 15th & 18th, 2013 @ 7:30PM   Pleasantville, New York   
Jacob Burns Film Center
405 Manville Rd, Pleasantville NY 10570
Friday Nov 15 7:30 pm
Monday Nov. 18, 7:30 pm: Q&A Joanne Naughton, ret. Police Lieutenant, NYPD and member of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition.
November 5, 2013 @ 5:30PM   Fort Myers, Florida   
Florida Gulf Coast University
PRESENTED BY: SSDP at Florida Gulf Coast University - FREE SCREENING!
Speaker Anthony Cincotti, Law Enforcement Against Prohibition
Florida Gulf Coast University, Edwards Hall 112
10501 FGCU Blvd South, Fort Myers, FL 33965
Friday, October 25, 2013 @ 7:00PM   Denver, Colorado   
International Drug Policy Reform Conference
Presented by the Drug Policy Alliance
Plaza F
September 21, 2013 @ 3:00PM   Easton, Maryland   
Chesapeake Film Festival
Talbot County Free Library – 3:00 pm • (panel discussion to follow) – FREE
Speaker: Bill Cooke, Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP)
August 30 - September 1, 2013   Seattle, Washington   
Northwest Film Forum
1515 12th Avenue, Seattle, WA - (206) 267-5380
FRIDAY, AUG 30th: 7pm & 9pm Q&A with Matt McCally, Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP) Speaker and former Corrections Officer (Washington State DOC)
SATURDAY, AUG 31st: 7pm & 9pm Q&A with Kari Boiter, Americans for Safe Access 2012 Medical Cannabis Advocate of the Year and founder of campaign to Free Chris Williams
SUNDAY, SEPT 1st: 7pm with Alison Holcomb, ACLU of Washington Criminal Justice Project Director and Initiative 502 author
SUNDAY, SEPT 1st: 9pm with John Masterson, Former Director-Montana NORML
June 13, 2013 @ 6:00PM   Boston, Massachusetts *   
Northeastern University School of Law
PRESENTED BY: SSDP chapter at Northeastern University School of Law
Northeastern University School of Law, 230 Dockser Hall (lecture hall on second floor)
65 Forsyth St., Boston MA 02115
June 11, 2013 @ 3:45PM   Vilnius, Lithuania   
Drugs and Harm Reduction Film Festival
Free screening with conference registration
June 2, 2013 @ 1:00PM   Santa Monica, California   
Independent Film Festival at Edgemar Center for the Arts
Edgemar Center for the Arts, Screening Room 1
2437 Main St Santa Monica, CA 90405
SPEAKERS: Diane Goldstein, Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP) / Moms United to End the War on Drugs; and John Whitaker, Paso Por Paso, Inc. / A NEW PATH (Parents for Addiction Treatment and Healing) – Los Angeles Chapter
May 31, 2013 @ 8:00PM   Bellingham, Washington   
Western Washington University
VENUE: Viking Union Building Room 552, 516 High Street - FREE!
PRESENTED BY: Students for Sensible Drug Policy, Western Washington University chapter
SPEAKER: Arnold Byron, Law Enforcement Against Prohibition
May 30, 2013 @ 6:00PM   Chicago, Illinois   
University of Chicago, ACLU
PRESENTED BY: Undergraduate Chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union
at the University of Chicago (ACLUofC)
VENUE: Stuart Hall, Room 102 - FREE!
May 10, 2013 @ 7:00PM   Colorado Springs, Colorado   
University of Colorado
1420 Austin Bluffs Pkwy. - FREE!
Sponsored by the UCCS chapter of Students for Sensible Drug Policy
April 20, 2013 @ 4:20PM   Boulder, Colorado   
The Dairy Center for the Arts
The Boedecker Theater, 2590 Walnut St
SPEAKER: John Baker, Law Enforcement Against Prohibition
April 20, 2013 @ 4:20PM   Washington DC   
West End Cinema
23rd St., NW (between M & N)
SPEAKERS: Leigh Maddox, Esq., LEAP Speaker/Maryland State Police Captain and Robert Capecchi, Deputy Director of State Policies, MPP
April 18, 2013 @ 4:00PM   Fullerton, California   
California State University Fullerton
Titan Student Union (TSU) Theater, 800 N. State College Blvd.
Sponsored by: Students for Sensible Drug Policy California State University Fullerton Chapter
Speakers: Jonathon Taylor, Associate Professor of Geography, California State University Fullerton
Carter Rakovski, Associate Professor of Sociology, California State University Fullerton
April 18, 2013 @ 7:00PM   Denver, Colorado   
Denver Film Society
Sie Film Center, 2510 East Colfax
SPEAKERS: Jason Thomas, Law Enforcement Against Prohibition; Art Way, Drug Policy Alliance and Brian Vicente, Sensible Colorado.
April 15, 2013 @ 7:00PM   Charleston, South Carolina *   
College of Charleston
Rita Hall Science Center, Room 121, 56 Coming Street
Presented by Students for Sensible Drug Policy (SSDP)
SPEAKER: Rebecca Richman Cohen, filmmaker
April 11, 2013 @ 2:45PM   Salt Lake City, Utah   
S.J. Quinney College of Law
University of Utah
S.J. Quinney College of Law, 332 S. 1400 E - FREE!
Presented by the National Lawyers Guild student chapter
SPEAKER: (Fmr.) Undercover Narcotics Officer James Mooney, Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP)
March 29 - April 4, 2013   Brooklyn, New York *   
reRun Theater, presented by IFP and DCTV
147 Front St. Brooklyn, NY 11201
Friday March 29th, 2013 7:30 PM
Friday March 29th, 2013 10:15 PM
Saturday March 30th, 2013 2:00 PM
Sunday March 31st, 2013 2:00 PM
Monday April 1st, 2013 7:30 PM
Tuesday April 2nd, 2013 7:30 PM
Tuesday April 2nd, 2013 10:15 PM
Wednesday April 3rd, 2013 7:30 PM
Wednesday April 3rd, 2013 10:15 PM
Thursday April 4th, 2013 7:30 PM
Thursday April 4th, 2013 10:15 PM
March 26, 2013 @ 6:30PM   Cheyenne, Wyoming   
ACLU of Wyoming
Laramie County Library, 2200 Pioneer Ave. - FREE!
SPEAKER: Criminal Defense Attorney and (Ret.) Judge, James Frieling, Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP)
March 16 & 17, 2013 @ 1:30PM   Albuquerque, New Mexico   
Guild Cinema
3405 Central Avenue NE Albuquerque, NM
Saturday, March 16th @ 1:30PM
Sunday, March 17th @ 1:30PM
Presented by Drug Policy Alliance, Law Enforcement Against Prohibition, and Medical Cannabis Patients Alliance of New Mexico
March 15th, 2013 @ 2:40PM   Ketchum, Idaho   
Sun Valley Film Festival
Magic Lantern Screen 2, 100 E. 2nd St, Ketchum, ID
March 12, 2013 @ 4:00PM   Washington DC   
The Cato Institute
Cato Institute, 1000 Massachusetts Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20001
Julie Stewart: Founder and President, Families Against Mandatory Minimums
Steph Sherer: Executive Director, Americans for Safe Access
moderated by Tim Lynch: Director, Project on Criminal Justice, Cato Institute
March 6, 2013 @ 6:30PM   Winston-Salem, North Carolina   
Salem College
Salem College Dept of Sociology and Criminal Studies FREE!
Speakers: Attorney Eric Ellison and Professor Joanne Black
March 1, 2013   Kalamazoo, Michigan   
ACLU of Southwestern Michigan
Saffron Restaurant, 1710 W. Main Street - FREE
Speaker: ACLU Board member, Dr. David Crocker, M.D.
March 1, 2013 at 9:00PM   Sedona, Arizona   
Sedona International Film Festival
SPEAKERS: Jamie J (420Patients.com) and Jay Fleming (LEAP)
Mary D. Fisher Theatre, 2030 W. State Route 89A (Across from Harkins)
February 27, 2013 @ 7:00PM   Tucson, Arizona   
The Loft Cinema
Presented by: The Loft Cinema with AZ4NORML, Tucson Peace Coalition,
SWAPA, LEAP, Middle Ground Prison Reform
The Loft Cinema, 3233 East Speedway Blvd.
February 27, 2013 @ 6:00PM   San Diego, CA   
Thomas Jefferson School of Law
Thomas Jefferson School of Law, 1155 Island Avenue, San Diego
National Lawyer's Guild and American Constitution Society student chapters
February 26, 2013 @ 3:15PM   Sedona, Arizona   
Sedona International Film Festival
SPEAKERS: Jamie J (420Patients.com) and Jay Fleming (LEAP)
Harkins Theater 5, 2081 W. State Route 89A (West Sedona)
February 21, 2013 @ 7:30PM   Steamboat Springs, Colorado   
The Alpine Campus Library of Colorado Mountain College
CMC Auditorium, 1275 Crawford Avenue - FREE
February 14-17, 2013   Beloit, Wisconsin   
Beloit International Film Festival
Thursday @ 2:30 pm - Cheese People/ Nikki’s Café
Saturday @ 9:00 pm - Bushel & Peck’s
Sunday @ 2:30 pm - Domenico’s
February 14-17, 2013   Macon, Georgia   
Macon Film Festival
Thursday, Feb. 14th @ noon: Cox Capitol Theatre
Sunday, Feb 17th @ 2:30pm: Douglass Theatre
February 1, 2013 @ 9:30PM   Polson, Montana   
Flathead Lake International Cinemafest
Showboat Cinema in Polson and the KwaTaqNuk Resort
January 31 & February 3, 2013   Durham, North Carolina   
Duke University
Bryan Center at Duke University, Griffith Film Theater
Sponsored by Duke Students for Sensible Drug Policy
Thursday, January 31 @ 7:00PM
Sunday, February 3 @ 2:00PM
December 8, 2012 @ 3:00PM   Scottsdale, Arizona   
Arizona Wellness Chamber of Commerce
Ultra Star Cinemas, 9090 East Indian Bend Road, Scottsdale, Arizona
November 29, 2012 @ 7:00PM   Boston, Massachusetts *   
UMass Boston Film Series
UMass Boston, Campus Center Ballroom
November 16, 2012 @ 9:00PM   Portland, Oregon   
Siren Nation
The Clinton Street Theater, 2522 Southeast Clinton Street
November 12, 2012 @ 9:15PM   New York, New York *   
DOCNYC
IFC Center - 323 6th Avenue New York, NY
October 30, 2012 @ 5:30PM   Bozeman, Montana   
Montana State University
Procrastinator Theater in the Strand Union Building at MSU (FREE!)
Sponsored by the MSU Renne Library, MSU Young Americans for Liberty, and NORML Club at MSU
October 24, 2012 @ 6:00PM   Great Falls, Montana   
Montana ACLU Screening Series
Montana Actors Theater/Center Stage Theater, 111 Central Avenue (FREE!)
October 23, 2012 @ 7:00PM   Missoula, Montana   
University of Montana, School of Law
UM School of Law, room 215 - Sponsored by the ACLU of Montana (FREE!)
Guest Speakers: Peter Lacny Esq. & Rep. Diane Sands (D) HD 95 Missoula
October 23, 2012 @ 6:00PM   Lewistown, Montana   
Montana ACLU Screening Series
Lewistown Public Library, 701 W Main (FREE!)
October 18, 2012 @ 6:00PM   Glendive, Montana   
Montana ACLU Screening Series
Glendive Public Library, 200 South Kendrick Avenue (FREE!)
October 17, 2012 @ 6:00PM   Miles City, Montana   
Montana ACLU Screening Series
Miles City Public Library, 1 South 10th Street (FREE!)
October 16, 2012 @ 6:00PM   Red Lodge, Montana   
Montana ACLU Screening Series
Red Lodge Carnegie Library, 3 West 8th Street (FREE!)
October 14, 2012 @ 8:30PM   Hot Springs, Arkansas   
Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival
See venue list here
October 12th and 14th 2012   Portsmouth, New Hampshire   
New Hampshire Film Festival
Friday October 12th 6:20pm at The Moffatt-Ladd House
Sunday October 14th 3:15pm at The Moffatt-Ladd House - following the Sunday screening, Richard N. Van Wickler of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP) will have Q&A. Mr. Van Wickler is Superintendent for the Cheshire County (NH) Department of Corrections.
October 12, 2012 @ 4:00pm   Kelowna, British Columbia   
OFF International
Okanagan Valley
October 6, 2012 @ 6:15   Tacoma, Washington   
Tacoma Film Festival
Grand Cinema, 606 South Fawcett Avenue
Kristin Flor will participate in a post-screening Q&A
October 5, 2012 @ 2:00PM   Louisville, Kentucky   
Louisville’s International Festival of Film (LIFF)
Galt House Brown Room
October 4, 2012 @ 6:30PM   Livingston, Montana   
Montana ACLU Screening Series
Livingston-Park County Public Library, 228 W. Callender (FREE!)
October 3, 2012 @ 7:00PM   Manhattan, Montana   
Montana ACLU Screening Series
Manhattan Community School Library, 200 W. Fulton Ave.(FREE!)
October 2, 2012 @ 7:00PM   Seattle, Washington   
Local Sightings Film Festival
Northwest Film Forum, 1515 12th Ave, Seattle
Activist John Masterson will participate in a post-screening Q&A
October 2, 2012 @ 6:00PM   Butte, Montana   
Montana ACLU Screening Series
Butte-Silverbow Public Library, 226 W. Broadway (FREE!)
September 29, 2012 @ 2:00PM   Camden, Maine *   
Camden International Film Festival
Sponsored by the ACLU of Maine
Bayview Theater, 10 Bay View Street
September 20, 2012 @ 7:00PM   Whitefish, Montana   
Montana ACLU Screening Series
Whitefish Community Library, 9 Spokane Avenue (FREE!)
September 20, 2012 @ 6:30pm   Billings, Montana   
MT-CIA and Spirit Quest
9 14th Street West, Billings (FREE!)
September 19, 2012 @ 6:30PM   Kalispell, Montana   
Montana ACLU Screening Series
Flathead County Library, 247 First Ave. East (FREE!)
September 15, 2012 @ 12:15pm   Rio Grande Vally, Texas   
CineSol Film Festival
Edinburg Conference Center at Renaissance, 118 Paseo del Prado, Edinburg, TX
September 12, 2012 @ 5:30PM   Conrad, Montana   
Montana ACLU Screening Series
Conrad Public Library, 15 4th Ave. SW (FREE!)
September 11, 2012 @ 6:30PM   Choteau, Montana   
Montana ACLU Screening Series
Choteau Public Library, 17 North Main (FREE!)
September 10, 2012 @ 5:30PM   Havre, Montana   
Montana ACLU Screening Series
The Triangle Telephone Company, 2121 Hwy 2 NW (FREE!)
September 6-7, 2012   Southwestern Utah   
DocUtah
Thursday, Sept. 6th, 8:30PM – 9:45PM Red Cliffs 3
Friday, Sept 7th, 6:00PM – 7:15PM Crescent Moon Theatre, Kanab, UT
September 5, 2012 @ 6:30PM   Hamilton, Montana *   
Montana ACLU Screening Series
River Street Dance Theater, 421 North 2nd Street, Hamilton, Montana (FREE!)
September 4, 2012 @ 5:30PM   Billings, Montana   
MT-CIA Call-to-Action Meeting
Parmly Library – 510 N Broadway. The meeting will be held in the Third Floor Meeting Room.
August 15-19, 2012   Vancouver, Washington   
Columbia Gorge International Film Festival
Produced by Angaelica, a non profit organization rooted in the arts and ecology.
August 15th @ 7:00PM   Billings, Montana   
Community Lecture Series, Billings Unitarian Church
2032 Central Ave. Billings Montana - free screening
August 5, 2012 @ 9:00PM   Traverse City, Michigan *   
Traverse City Film Festival
Milliken Auditorium
June 22, 2012 @ 7:00PM   San Antonio, Texas   
San Antonio Film Festival
Bijou: 4522 Fredericksburg Rd. San Antonio, TX 78201
June 9, 2012 @ 3:00PM   Providence, Rhode Island *   
Netroots Nation
The seventh annual gathering of the Netroots at the Providence RI Convention Center - Room 550
Excerpts of the film and presentation by filmmaker Francisco Bello
May 23, 2012 @ 7:00PM   Missoula, Montana *   
The Historic Wilma Theatre
131 South Higgins Avenue, Missoula, MT
Screening and Q&A with filmmaker
May 22, 2012 @ 7:00PM   Billings, Montana *   
Alberta Bair Theater
2801 3rd Avenue North Billings, MT
Screening and panel discussion with:
*Cherrie Brady, Safe Communities Safe Kids
*Dr. Ed Stickney, past president of the Montana Medical Association and the Montana Chapter of the American Academy of Family Physicians
*Rebecca Richman Cohen, filmmaker
*Senator Jeff Essmann (R ) SD 28 Billings
*Tom Daubert, Patients and Families United
*MODERATED BY: Jay Kohn, Assistant News Director KTVQ
May 21, 2012 @ 7:00PM   Bozeman, Montana *   
Emerson Center for the Arts & Culture
111 South Grand Avenue, Bozeman, MT
Screening and Q&A with filmmaker
May 18, 2012 @ 7:00PM   Helena, Montana *   
Myrna Loy Center
15 North Ewing Street, Helena, MT
Screening and Q&A with filmmaker
May 17, 2012 @ 7:00PM   Helena, Montana *   
Myrna Loy Center
15 North Ewing Street, Helena, MT
Screening and panel discussion with:
*Heather Devine, founder Mountainside Patient Group
*Helena Mayor Jim Smith
*Rebecca Richman Cohen, filmmaker
*Representative Pat Noonan (D ) HD 73 Ramsay
*Speaker of the House Mike Milburn (R ) HD 19 Cascade
*MODERATOR: John Adams, USA TODAY correspondent and capitol bureau chief at the Great Falls Tribune
May 16, 2012 @ 7:00PM   Bozeman, Montana *   
Emerson Center for the Arts & Culture
111 South Grand Avenue, Bozeman, MT
Screening and panel discussion with:
*Brady Wiseman, Montana State Representative (D) HD 65 Bozeman 2005 - 2011
*Chris Lindsey, Montana Cannabis Industry Association
*Jeff Krauss, current deputy Mayor, former and future Mayor of Bozeman, and member of the Montana Board of Regents
*Jim Cashell, retired Gallatin County Sheriff 2001-2012
*Rebecca Richman Cohen, filmmaker
*MODERATOR: George Cole, broadcast journalist and former host of Yellowstone Public Radio’s “RealTime”
May 15, 2012 @ 7:00PM   Missoula, Montana *   
The Historic Wilma Theatre
131 South Higgins Avenue, Missoula, MT
Screening and panel discussion with:
*Fred Van Valkenburg, Missoula County Attorney
*John Masterson, Montana NORML
*Rebecca Richman Cohen, filmmaker
*Representative Diane Sands (D) HD 95 Missoula
*MODERATED BY: Pat Williams, former member of the United States House of Representatives 1979–1997 and currently a member of the Montana Board of Regents for Higher Education
April 26, 2012 @ 7:15PM   Somerville, Massachusetts *   
Independent Film Festival Boston
Somerville Theater, 55 Davis Square, Somerville, MA
March 11-16, 2012   Austin, Texas *   
SXSW Film Festival
WORLD PREMIERE!
Sunday, March 11 @ 4:15pm - Alamo Ritz 1 *
Monday, March 12 @ 6:00pm - Alamo Ritz 2 *
Thursday, March 15 @ 9:30pm - Vimeo Theater
Friday, March 16 @ 9:30pm -Alamo Slaughter
February 20, 2012 @ 5:45PM   Missoula, Montana *   
Big Sky Documentary Film Festival: excerpts & panel discussion
Work-in-progress excerpts of "Code of the West" and panel discussion with Montanans featured in the film.
The Wilma Theatre, 131 South Higgins, Missoula, MT


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