‘Cornbread Mafia’ smokes conspiracies, blazes new trail

‘Cornbread Mafia’ smokes conspiracies, blazes new trail

Rolling papers with “Cornbread Mafia” printed on the front rested on each chair, their backs decorated with a mob of cartoon farmers. A few rows up, the real Cornbread Mafia — the men whose lives inspired the film — sat in attendance. The documentary, directed by Evan Mascagni and Drew Morris, tells the story of a group of marijuana farmers from Marion County, Kentucky, who grew the largest homegrown marijuana syndicate in history, drawing feder…