Into the Weeds (2022)

Directed by

Jennifer Baichwal

Genre

documentary

Country

Canada

Runtime

1h 37m

Rated

15

Rating

5.0 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A documentary about a terminally ill California man who believes his cancer was caused by a popular herbicide. It follows his legal battle against the company that made it, detailing the impact on his life and the broader fight over corporate accountability.

somberinvestigativepersonalmethodicaldisturbingthoughtfulslow-paced

What happens

Into the Weeds is a 2022 Canadian documentary film, directed by Jennifer Baichwal. The film centres on Dewayne "Lee" Johnson, the California man whose terminal cancer is claimed to be due to exposure to the herbicide product Roundup led to the landmark Johnson v. Monsanto Co. court case. The film premiered as the opening film of the 2022 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, in advance of a planned television broadcast by CBC Television in fall 2022 as an episode of The Passionate Eye. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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