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| Environmental Doc, INTO THE WEEDS arrives on DVD December 19 from Film Movement | ||||||
 Does the most widely used weed killer in the world cause cancer? On December 8, 2023, Film Movement invites audiences to discover for themselves with Jennifer Baichwal’s powerful documentary INTO THE WEEDS, which follows the story of groundskeeper Lee Johnson and his fight for justice against agrichemical giant Monsanto (now Bayer, which bought the company in 2018), the manufacturer of the weed killer, Roundup.In 2015, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), a branch of the World Health Organization, classified glyphosate – the active ingredient in Roundup – as “probably carcinogenic to humans.” A year later, Johnson filed a lawsuit claiming that Ranger Pro, a commercial-grade variant of Roundup, was a substantial contributing factor in causing his Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Johnson’s was the first “bellwether case” in a mass tort against Monsanto involving tens of thousands of plaintiffs: gardeners, golfers, farmers, groundskeepers, and ordinary people, following and trusting the instructions on the label. Blending interviews, testimonials, trial footage, news coverage, and vérité, the film follows the progression of this groundbreaking lawsuit, while also stepping back to consider the systemic impact of glyphosate-based herbicides on human health, our food systems, and the biodiversity of our planet. The Opening Night Film of Hot Docs 2022, and an Official Selection of the Hamptons International Film Festival was directed by one of North America’s foremost and influential documentarians, Jennifer Baichwal. Her previous award-winning films include Manufactured Landscapes, named as one of 150 Essential Works in Canadian Cinema History by TIFF in 2016, and Anthropocene: The Human Epoch, that played Sundance and Berlin, then won the Toronto Film Critics Association Prize for Best Canadian Film and a Canadian Screen Award in 2019. BONUS FEATURES - Into the Weeds Epilogue Call to Action Featurette - “Bees, Guts and Glyphosate” Featurette - Monster music video For more information, visit: * Amazon: https://amzn.to/46zaag8 * Website: FilmMovement.com |
