Into the weeds

Baichwal, Jennifer, (film director.). Film Movement (Firm), (publisher.). Dewayne "Lee" Johnson. (Cast).

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 verite, the film follows the progression of this groundbreaking trial, while also telescoping out to understand both the ubiquity of use and its global repercussions.

Record details

Physical Description: videorecording
videodisc
1 videodisc (98 minutes) : sound, colour ; 4 3/4 inches
Publisher: New York : Film Movement, [2023]
Copyright: ©2023

Content descriptions

General Note:	Bonus features: Into the weeds epilogue call to action featurette; Bees, guts and glyphsoate featurette; Monster music video. Originally produced as a documentary film in 2023. Title from container.
Participant or Performer Note:	Dewayne "Lee" Johnson.
Target Audience Note:	E.
System Details Note:	DVD ; wide screen presentation ; 5.1 surround sound, 2.0 stereophonic.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:	For private home use only.
Language Note:	Audio track in English, captions in English.