''Ganja Queen'' is an Australian

documentary film A documentary film (often described simply as a documentary) is a nonfiction Film, motion picture intended to "document reality, primarily for instruction, education or maintaining a Recorded history, historical record". The American author and ...

about the arrest, trial, and imprisonment of

Schapelle Corby Schapelle Leigh Corby (born 10 July 1977) is an Australian woman who was convicted of drug smuggling, smuggling cannabis into Indonesia. She spent nine years imprisoned on the Indonesian island of Bali in Kerobokan Prison. Since her arrest, Cor ...

released in 2007. An expanded version titled ''Schapelle Corby: The Hidden Truth'', was aired by the

Nine Network Nine Network (stylised 9Network, and commonly known as Channel Nine or simply Nine) is an Australian commercial free-to-air television network. It is owned by parent company Nine Entertainment and is one of the five main free-to-air television ...

in Australia in June 2008. ''Ganja Queen'' was later aired on

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in North and South America, before being released on DVD. The film was produced by Janine Hosking and Steve Hosking. ''Schapelle Corby: The Hidden Truth'' was later nominated for Most Outstanding Documentary or Documentary Series at the

Logie Awards of 2009 The 51st Annual TV Week Logie Awards was held on Sunday 3 May 2009 at the Crown Palladium in Melbourne, and broadcast on the Nine Network. The ceremony was hosted by Gretel Killeen, while the red carpet arrivals was hosted by Jules Lund, Shelle ...

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* Australian documentary films 2007 documentary films Documentary films about the illegal drug trade Works about cannabis trafficking Cannabis in Indonesia Documentary films about cannabis Australian films about cannabis 2000s Australian films {{Australia-documentary-film-stub