February 22, 2023 We are pleased to announce some very exciting Canadian Screen Award nominations:
Summit 72 has been nominated for Best History Documentary Program or Series!
And Nick de Pencier has been nominated for Best Cinematography in a Feature Length Documentary for The Colour of Ink.
We are so proud of our wonderful team.
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January 10, 2023 We're thrilled to announce that our four-part docuseries on the legendary '72 Summit Series is now available worldwide on Blu-ray/DVD combo boxed set, featuring several hours of extras!
January 2023 Into the Weeds: Dewayne "Lee" Johnson vs. Monsanto Company is now available to stream for free on CBC Gem. Also coming soon to the U.S. - stay tuned for updates.
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Dec 11, 2022
The National Film Board in Montreal screened Into The Weeds as a side event for The U.N. Environmental Programme's #COP15. The NFB and Telefilm Canada partnered with COP15 for a green stopover, an initiative presented in partnership with Environment and Climate Change Canada. The screening was followed by a Q&A with the director and special guests: Jennifer Baichwal, Director of Into The Weeds, Antonious Petro, executive director of Regeneration Canada, Lorraine Rekmans, Former Executive Director, National Aboriginal Forestry Association, Troy Woodhouse, Impact Assessment Coordinator for Mushkegowuk Tribal Council, Dr. Claudel Pétrin-Desrosiers, Board Member, Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment, Mariann Bassey Orovwuje, Deputy Executive Director of the Environmental Rights Action/ Friends of the Earth Nigeria and an introduction with special guest, Mayor of Verdun, Marie-Andrée Mauger.
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September 2022 SUMMIT 72: Produced by Mercury Films and Impossible Objects, this timely documentary series premiered September 14, 2022 on CBC. It tells the definitive story of the legendary 1972 Canada-USSR Summit Series of Hockey upon its 50th anniversary, and through a modern lens explores its legacy and lasting influence on Canadian national identity, framing it against the political and cultural climate of the times in both countries, and around the world. With never-before-seen 16mm archival footage restored in stunning 4k, and exclusive interviews with key players, SUMMIT 72 brings an unforgettable moment in Canadian history to life on screen as never seen before. Audiences will relive—or experience for the first time—the adrenaline-fuelled, edge-of-your-seat drama of one of the most monumental cultural proxy battles of the Cold War, and trace its many reverberations in the zeitgeist right up to the present day.
June 1st, 2022 INTO THE WEEDS IS NOW PLAYING IN THEATRES See the list of theatres here and stay connected with us on social for additional screening info Instagram
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May 20, 2022 Into The Weeds opens in theatres today! The film tells the powerful story of Dewayne “Lee” Johnson, a former Bay Area groundskeeper who takes on a multinational agrochemical corporation after a terminal cancer diagnosis. THE GLOBE & MAIL CRITIC’S PICK “Jennifer Baichwal’s Into the Weeds is terrifying, tremendous courtroom drama” > Read full review on Globe & Mail "Margaret Atwood on getting into the weeds with Jennifer Baichwal, Canada’s fiercest filmmaker" > Read more on Globe & Mail
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March 30, 2022 We are thrilled to announce that our film, INTO THE WEEDS will open this year's Hot Docs Festival on April 28th.
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July 2021 Mercury Films had the honour of creating the visuals for "Torn Again" by Daniel Lanois (feat. Leonard Cohen). Video by Roland Schlimme, Jennifer Baichwal and Nicholas de Pencier. Pedal steel and lap steel performance by Daniel Lanois and Rocco DeLuca.
