Character Relationship Map: Grass

Characters

• Narrator (played by Woody Harrelson) — protagonist

  Provides the documentary voice-over that structures the historical overview of US marijuana policies, public attitudes, and federal spending across multiple decades.

• Self (played by Tommy Chong) — protagonist

  Shown in archival material representing the final era covered by the film, during which federal spending on the war on drugs continued to accelerate significantly.

• Self (played by Cheech Marin) — supporting
• Self (played by John Lennon) — supporting
• Self (archive footage) (played by George H. W. Bush) — supporting
• Self (played by Ronald Reagan) — supporting
• Self (played by Jimmy Carter) — supporting
• Self (archive footage) (played by Chevy Chase) — minor
• Self (archive footage) (played by Nancy Reagan) — minor
• Self (archive footage) (played by Harry J. Anslinger) — minor
• Self (played by Richard Nixon) — supporting
• Self (played by Gerald Ford) — minor
• Self (played by Cab Calloway) — minor
• Self (played by Bill Clinton) — minor

Story Analysis

A documentary tracing the history of US federal marijuana policies, propaganda, and the escalating war on drugs across multiple administrations.

Plot Progression

1. The Propaganda Foundation
2. Institutionalizing the War
3. Moral Campaigns & Escalation
4. The Financial Legacy