Percy

Percy (also known as Percy vs Goliath) is a 2020 Canadian-American-Indian biographical drama film, directed by Clark Johnson from a screenplay by Garfield Lindsay Miller and Hilary Pryor. It stars Christopher Walken, Christina Ricci, Zach Braff, Luke Kirby, Adam Beach, Martin Donovan, Roberta Maxwell and Peter Stebbings. The film follows 70-year-old small-town Saskatchewan farmer Percy Schmeiser, who takes on a giant corporation after their GMOs interfere with his crops. The film premiered at the 2020 Quebec City Film Festival and it was theatrically released in Canada by Mongrel Media on October 9, 2020. Plot Based on the events of Schmeiser Vs. Monsanto, Percy Schmeiser is a Saskatchewan canola farmer that has received a legal action from Monsanto. It has been determined that Percy's fields contained Monsanto's Roundup resistant crops and (missing subject) accused him of intellectual property theft. He unknowingly planted seeds that belonged to Monsanto during 1997; Monsanto wants all of his seeds and the profits he made with his work the following year. Percy was a seed saver and didn't use Monsanto's seeds, but his neighbors did and he believed this was a case of contamination. Seeking legal help from local lawyer Jackson Weaver, it was evident it was a losing battle as the laws favor Monsanto. Percy's life begins to suffer under the weight of the court-case. He and his family have become the community's pariah and his debts continue to mount. Rebecca Salcau, a representative of the People's Environmental Protect (PEP), offers to help, but it will mean Percy will have to speak publicly against Monsanto to gain media attention and earn revenue to fund his fight. Initially resistant in making it into a public spectacle, Percy becomes enraged when he discovers that Monsanto's men have been following him and destroying his reputation by labelling him as a thief. Fired up, Percy begins engaging in public speaking events against Monsanto.