‘Lady Buds’ Review: Legalization Is Changing the Pot Biz in Sunny (but Cutthroat) Cali

The recent indie drama “Freeland” is about a fictive longtime Northern California pot grower whose life only becomes more complicated — and her business less viable — when the state legalizes the hitherto-criminalized industry. New documentary “Lady Buds” features several of that character’s real-world equivalents, women whose entrepreneurial (as well as agricultural) skills are transitioning to a very different era for the marijuana marketplace. Chris J. Russo’s debut feature, shot pre-COVID, means to be an inspirational portrait of sisters doing it for themselves in a no-longer-covert niche of capitalism. But while the personalities spotlit here are easy to root for,… Read Full Article