Into The Weeds Screening & Discussion: A Future Without Glyphosate: Leadership and Pesticide Reduction
Date: December 11, 2022 from 3:00 PM to 5:30 PM
Location: 1501 Rue de Bleury, Montréal, QC H3A 0H3 Salle Alanis-Obomsawin
Category: Artistic event
Event type: In person
Into The Weeds Screening & Discussion: A Future Without Glyphosate: Leadership and Pesticide Reduction
The NFB and Telefilm Canada at COP15: Green stopover at the NFB. Treat yourself to a movie break on biodiversity.
INTO THE WEEDS follows groundskeeper Dewayne “Lee” Johnson and his fight for justice against Monsanto (now Bayer). Johnson’s case was the first to go to trial in a series of lawsuits involving tens of thousands of plaintiffs claiming Monsanto’s weed killer Roundup, or its industrial counterpart Ranger Pro, contributed to their cancer.
The film follows this groundbreaking trial, while also stepping back to consider the systemic effects of the world’s most widely used herbicide. Featuring panel with guest speakers post-screening.