Episode 354: In The Seats With...Jennifer Baichwal and 'Into The Weeds' at Hot Docs 2022

Spring is in the air, and non-fiction is on the screens....On this episode we're highlighting some of the films playing this year at the Hot Docs Canadian International Film Festival.  First up we're looking at the opening night affair' 'Into The Weeds'It's the powerful story of Dewayne “Lee” Johnson, a former Bay Area groundskeeper who takes on a multinational agrochemical corporation after a terminal cancer diagnosis.  Adding to her award-winning body of work centered on our strained relationship with the natural world, Baichwal follows Johnson through his battle, setting his personal journey against a global environmental crisis.This is truly a film that dissects and breaks down how we treat the land that we grow our food on not to mention the food itself and looks at the lack of responsibility we've had towards the natural world and the things we need to do to protect it.We had the unique pleasure of sitting down with director Jennifer Baichwal to talk about the issues in the film and so very much more.Check it out at Hot Docs or watch it when it opens theatrically on May 20th.