The Green Film Fest is screening INTO THE WEEDS online through Oct. 16. The CBC produced film is an authoritative documentary chronicling the Roundup trials and community responses to glyphosate based herbicides from public health toxicology experts, entomologists, victims and the legal teams behind the court cases.
It's not just great science and legal reporting–it's a compelling, engaging film.
Online tickets for streaming (good through Oct. 16) (From that page, click on "Select a screening.") I think this is the only way currently to see the film in the U.S.
Highlights:
• The sheer amount of evidence unearthed from the Monsanto Papers and how AI was used to find the most incriminating statements from Monsanto officials
• The response to aerial spraying of Roundup from Canadian indigenous tribes
• An interview with IARC toxicology expert Chris Portier
• A summary of animal and human studies of Roundup
• The personal story of DeWayne Lee Johnson, the Bay Area school groundskeeper who was the first to successfully sue Monsanto for failing to disclose the risks using the product poses
• Insider interviews with the lawyers who collaborated on the winning trials where juries found for the victims
• Scientific commentary from entomologists on insect populations and how they are declining
• A look at how glyphosate goes into the food supply
It's a most impressive film.
You can get an online ticket but only until the festival ends, and then view it on your laptop, phone, or other device.
(Canadian viewers can stream it at https://www.cbc.ca/passionateeye/episodes/into-the-weeds.)
The only update is that the text at the end of the film is out of date. Thousands of plaintiffs have not settled their cases and Monsanto has won several recent cases. On the other side of the fence, the EPA has been ordered to reassess its evaluation.
More on recent cases here: https://careygillam.substack.com/p/roundup-litigation-at-turning-point
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