Jennifer Baichwal

Michael McGowan

Dewayne Johnson, a Bay Area groundskeeper, suffered from rashes in 2014 and wondered if they were caused by the herbicide he'd been using for the past couple years. As his health deteriorated, Johnson became the face of a David-and-Goliath legal battle to hold a multi-national agrochemical corporation accountable for a product with allegedly misleading labelling.

Film Movement

Official Selection

"Into the Weeds effectively drives home the message that corporate greed and the lack of regulation makes victims of everyday people."

Raquel Stecher

"Into the Weeds is a cautionary environmental story that raises unsettling questions about what’s in the food we eat, and how our farming practices are affecting the biosphere."