Stuck At Home? ‘Waldo On Weed’ Looks To Be A Poignant, Important Watch

The world is a weird place right now.

My office has transitioned to working from home, and I don’t know when I’ll see my coworkers again.

My partner is a registered nurse, and I’m both so grateful for the work that she’s doing… and kind of scared to be near her.

I just keep thinking back to just a few weeks ago — checking out the Sonic The Hedgehog movie, walking around a giant mall, eating BBQ with a group of friends.

I keep thinking back to just a few weeks ago when everything felt mostly normal… and then a film like this comes along to remind me just how hard some people have to fight to feel any semblance of normal at all.

Geekscape pal, I Am Santa Claus, and The Bill Murray Stories director Tommy Avallone is back with Waldo on Weed, a documentary that Variety noted will “resonate with audiences no matter their views on marijuana” after its Tribeca premiere last year.

Here’s the synopsis for Waldo On Weed:

When their son Waldo was just 6 months old, his parents Brian and Danielle noticed that he’d been having trouble with his vision. Like any good parents, they wanted to protect their son, so they went to a number of doctors, only to receive the devastating diagnosis that Waldo had cancer. They followed the doctors’ orders and began chemotherapy on their infant. The side effects of the chemo caused Waldo to become so sick that they began a desperate search for alternative therapies, and one, worked like a charm. Combining a mix of traditional interviews with found-footage, the film features conversations with the family, the friends that helped them along the way, and many experts in the field, including doctors, lawmakers, and more. The results are captured in a story that includes footage of the family as they move their lives from Philadelphia to build a new home out west. Brian’s “Dad Cam” puts you in the room for all the highs and lows of a family going through tragedy, and triumph.

It’s hard to watch the trailer without tearing up, feeling sad, and feeling hopeful all at the same time:

Waldo on Weed is available on iTunes and Amazon as of today, and as movie theatres and seemingly life itself continues to shut down around me, this is absolutely one of the first films on my ‘must watch’ list.