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The documentary centers on the Denver Post’s introduction last year of the Cannabist section, led by Ricardo Baca, the world’s first marijuana editor, as he invents a way to cover a nascent industry for a major daily newspaper, a business model that happens to be struggling with how to reinvent itself.
Dickman's lively documentary functions as both a handy pot primer and a telling portrait of the volatile, adapt-or-die climate that continues to hover over the newspaper industry.
"Rolling Papers" struggles to remain relevant throughout its short run time, and wobbles between glorification and reflection until it completely tilts over.
It seems like legalization is not a matter of if but when, but once "when" finally happens it will be unlikely that Rolling Papers will have contributed much to the effort.
The two most likely audiences for this documentary - people interested in marijuana and people interested in the news business - will probably find it shallower than they'd hoped.