Into the Weeds

Into the Weeds
Directed by	Jennifer Baichwal
Written by	Jennifer Baichwal
Produced by	Jennifer Baichwal Nicholas de Pencier
Starring	Dewayne "Lee" Johnson
Cinematography	Nicholas de Pencier John Price
Edited by	Roland Schlimme David Wharnsby
Production company	Mercury Films
Release date	April 28, 2022 (2022-04-28)(Hot Docs)
Running time	96 minutes
Country	Canada
Language	English

Into the Weeds is a 2022 Canadian documentary film, directed by Jennifer Baichwal. ^[1] 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. ^[2]

The film premiered as the opening film of the 2022 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, ^[3] in advance of a planned television broadcast by CBC Television in fall 2022 as an episode of The Passionate Eye . ^[1]

References

1. "Hot Docs ’22: Jennifer Baichwal talks Hot Docs opening film “Into the Weeds”". RealScreen , April 28, 2022.
2. Jennie Punter, "‘Into the Weeds’ Director on Revealing the Effects of Weed-Killer on Human Health and the Environment". Variety , April 29, 2022.
3. Sadaf Ahsan, "Baichwal’s ‘Into the Weeds’ to open Hot Docs festival heavy on social justice". Toronto Star , March 30, 2022.

External links

• Into the Weeds at IMDb