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Into the weeds : Dewayne "Lee" Johnson vs. Monsanto Company / Mercury Films presents ; a film by Jennifer Baichwal ; produced by Jennifer Baichwal and Nicholas de Pencier ; written and directed by Jennifer Baichwal.
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- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Monsanto Chemical Company--Trials, litigation, etc.
- Monsanto Chemical Company.
- Agricultural chemicals industry--Corrupt practices--United States.
- Agricultural chemicals industry.
- Agricultural chemicals industry--Health aspects--United States.
- Genre:
- documentary film.
- Documentary films.
- Nonfiction films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (98 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- Place of Publication:
- [New York] : Film Movement, [2023]
- Language Note:
- English dialogue.
- System Details:
- DVD, NTSC, all regions; widescreen (1.78:1) presentation; 5.1 surroulnd; 2.0 stereo.
- digital
- optical
- video file
- DVD video
- Summary:
- Does the most widely used weed killer in the world cause cancer? Into the Weeds: Dewayne "Lee" Johnson vs. Monsanto Company 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, Lee 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. Johnsons was the first 'bellwether' case in a mass tort against Monsanto involving tens of thousands of plaintiffs. Blending interviews, trial footage, news coverage, and vérité, the film follows the progression of this groundbreaking trial, while also telescoping out to understand both the ubiquity of use and its global repercussions.
- Participant:
- Featuring Dewayne "Lee" Johnson.
- Credits:
- Directors of photography, Nicholas De Pencier, John Price; editors, Richard Schlimme, David Wharnsby; music, Daniel Landis, Martin Tielli.
- Notes:
- Title from sell sheet.
- Originally produced as a documentary film in 2023.
- Wide screen.
- Special features: Into the weeds epilogue call to action featurette; Bees, guts and glyphsoate featurette; Monster music video.
- OCLC:
- 1410730547
- Publisher Number:
- 850047872227
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