Date & time
Monday, December 5, 2022
7 p.m. – 10 p.m.
7 p.m. – 10 p.m.
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INTO THE WEEDS — Montreal Premiere with Director Jennifer Baichwal and special guests!
Speaker(s)
Jennifer Baichwal, Devlin Kuyek, Rachel Cheng and Romain Rigal
Cost
This event is free
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Where
Henry F. Hall Building
1455 De Maisonneuve Blvd. W.
Sir George Williams University Alumni Auditorium
Room H110
Wheel chair accessible
Yes
Join Cinema Politica Concordia for our last screening of the fall season — the Montreal premiere of INTO THE WEEDS! Director Jennifer Baichwal will be in attendance as part of a post-screening discussion with environmental and human rights activists.
Many documentary films have shown just how brutal the agrochemical industry is, but this documentary is unique in its focus on one courageous and unstoppable individual — Dewayne Johnson — whose body has been ravaged by the chemicals in Monsanto's Roundup herbicide but who refuses to accepts the injustices he has suffered and wages a fierce fight against the corporation.
About the film
INTO THE WEEDS
Jennifer Baichwal / Canada / 2022 / 96' / English
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. Will Monsanto (Bayer) be forced to change Roundup’s label? To compensate the myriad victims? To address the wide-ranging ecological effects? INTO THE WEEDS ultimately considers whether this kind of David vs. Goliath fight is capable of instigating lasting and substantial change.
Event details
This event is co-sponsored by the Sustainability Action Fund and co-presented by Victimes des pesticides du Québec, Climate Justice Montreal, Solidarity Economy Incubation Zone (SEIZE), ETC Group (Erosion, Technology, Concentration), CKUT 90.3FM and GRAIN.
Admission is by donation ($5-10 suggested). The venue is wheelchair accessible. In order to prevent the spreading of COVID 19, wearing a mask at Cinema Politica Concordia events is strongly recommended.
Action against glyphosate
Join INTO THE WEEDS in their fight for the health of humans and the environment by getting this harmful pesticide banned. Sign the petition.