Movies and TvShows featuring "tobacco-industry" theme.

A research chemist comes under personal and professional attack when he decides to appear in a 60 Minutes exposé on Big Tobacco. In Lebanon, Hezbollah militants escort producer Lowell Bergman (Pacino) to Hezbollah founder Sheikh Fadlallah, where Lowell convinces him to be interviewed by Mike Wallace (Plummer) for CBS show 60 Minutes. In Louisville, Kentucky, Jeffrey Wigand (Crowe) packs his belongings and leaves his Brown and Williamson office, returning home to his wife Liane (Venora) and two children, one of whom suffers from acute asthma...

Amid the evocative blend of flavorful spices to create the perfect kretek cigarette, two souls embark on an epic romance set in 1960s Indonesia.

Follow the comedic journey of Big Tobacco's chief spokesman, Nick Naylor, as he spins on behalf of cigarettes while navigating fatherhood. As Nick battles against Senator Finisterre's anti-smoking agenda, he also attempts to maintain a relationship with his son. With absurd cutaways and satirical humor throughout, the film highlights the deceptive tactics of the tobacco industry and the personal struggles of a lobbyist.

Merchants of Doubt is a documentary film that investigates the use of manipulation and propaganda tactics by individuals and industries to cast doubt on climate change. It reveals how these tactics are used to protect corporate interests and undermine government regulation, putting profit over people and the environment. The film also explores the role of lobbyists, the oil industry, and the tobacco industry in promoting skepticism and denial of climate change. Based on the book of the same name, Merchants of Doubt presents a compelling and thought-provoking examination of the truth behind climate change denial.

2012, John Dalli, the European Commissioner for Health, is accused of corruption and influence peddling related to the tobacco industry. French Member of the European Parliament José Bové, maverick politician and prominent figure of the environmental party, suspects a setup by the tobacco manufacturer Swedish Match, potentially involving the President of the European Commission, José Barroso. Standing alone against all odds, he decides to investigate and unravel this story, which shook the foundations of the entire European institutions.

Joe Gould's Secret tells the story of an eccentric man named Joe Gould, who claims to be working on an epic oral history. As a patron and film critic try to uncover the truth about Gould's secret, they become entangled in his world of poetry, dancing, and Native American heritage. Set in 1940s New York, this movie explores themes of anonymity, self-respect, and the power of storytelling.

Attractive uncompromising politician Mona Dengler is investigating the tobacco industry. Tomboyish bodyguard and single mother Johanna Sieber is assigned to protect her. This endangers Johanna's son. Mona unexpectedly falls for her.

Bright Leaves is a documentary that delves into the filmmaker's exploration of his family's history in the tobacco industry. Through interviews, personal anecdotes, and archival footage, he uncovers the rise and fall of this industry and its impact on his family's legacy.

Grace Cragin is a bright young lawyer who has a passion for the fight against injustice. Her ex-husband Henry is a lawyer too, but his passion is only to win. The two were divorced ten years earlier when Henry's lust for conquest led him to other women. Now, Grace has a case she cannot win alone and, although she hates to admit it, she needs Henry's help.

Manufacturing Ignorance is a thought-provoking documentary that delves into the dark underbelly of industries such as tobacco, pesticides, and social media. It exposes the tactics used by these industries to deceive the public and highlights the consequences of their actions. From the manipulation of scientific studies to the spread of fake news, this film uncovers the disturbing truth behind the manufacturing of ignorance.

Eight years ago, Mads Brügger and Mikael Bertelsen tried to solve the murder of an EU official in 1993. A project that concluded in a dead end. Hoping to make good for their old defeat, the two journalists decide to investigate a complex case about the former EU Health Commissioner, John Dalli, who was fired under suspicion of being in the pocket of the tobacco industry. Brügger and Bertelsen travel to Malta to meet Dalli, who comes across as quite likeable. And it does not take long before they uncover an extensive conspiracy against him, when Dalli is suddenly contacted by a secret source who claims to be in possession of documents and recordings that contain plans to kill him.

Power struggles among the owners of a cigar factory;meanwhile, a society babe and a factory girl compete over the youngest of the executives.

This movie is about the story of Luis "Chavit" Singson (born 1941), a Philippine politician, and the Governor of the Ilocos Sur province in the Philippines. Singson started EDSA II in October 2000 when he alleged he gave Philippine President Joseph Estrada 400 million pesos as payoff from illegal gambling profits.

Can a good person grow tobacco? As the cigarette war rages, small American tobacco farmers have been the often overlooked casualties. Dynamic filmmaking duo Eren McGinnis and Christine Fugate travel across Kentucky to meet the families who have been growing this crop for generations, as they face the consequences of this fuming controversy in their own backyards.

The Back-breaking Leaf is a documentary short film that sheds light on the grueling work involved in tobacco farming in Ontario, Canada. It explores the challenges faced by the workers and highlights the hardships they endure during the harvest season. Through interviews and captivating footage, the film provides an insightful glimpse into the demanding and physically taxing nature of this agricultural industry.

The tobacco industry's conspiratorial efforts to market their products in the face of public health facts and public opposition.

Smoke and Mirrors: A History of Denial is a documentary that delves into the history of the tobacco industry and its efforts to deny the harmful effects of smoking. It explores the role of the US government, Congress, and the tobacco companies themselves in perpetuating this denial. The film features interviews, newsreel footage, and archival material to present a comprehensive picture of the intersection of politics, business, and health in relation to smoking-related diseases.

In 1994, the Health and Environment Subcommittee of the US Congress, chaired by Henry Waxman (D-California), held a hearing on tobacco products and health. Excerpts from the hearing, where the CEOs of the four US tobacco companies testified, are interspersed with clips from movies, educational films, TV commercials, and other promotional materials. Among the topics addressed in the hearing: are cigarettes the single most dangerous consumer product, how many people die annually in the US from smoking, is nicotine addictive, should smoking be banned in public places, do tobacco ads target children? This historic hearing is referenced in the 1999 film, "The Insider."

A poor university student, Ntinos Vristhenis, has abandoned his studies due to financial difficulties and is searching for a job. He is hired as an actor in a troupe, where he meets and falls in love with the leading actress. When she yields to a businessman who promises her a bright future, Nikos, feeling disappointed, leaves the theater. Poverty forces him to join the proletariat and become a tobacco worker in order to make ends meet.

The island of Sumatra is famous for its tobacco, as all lovers of the weed know. Its preparation, its growth and the various stages through which the fragrant leaves must pass, before they are ready for the smoker, form the interesting theme of this beautiful colored picture. The first scene shows the young plants growing close together, and the transplanting as they increase in size. The soil is poor for anything but tobacco, and one wonders how a good crop may be obtained in such poor land. We are shown, successively, the natives picking the largest leaves the inspection of the picking, and the natives carrying bundles of green tobacco to the tallying room.