Gertten, Fredrik. Bananas! Vienna: Autlook Filmsales, 2009. HD, 88 min. https://youtu.be/3VYPQ6jJKWY.
Juan Dominguez is on his biggest case ever. On behalf of twelve Nicaraguan banana workers he is tackling Dole Food in a ground-breaking legal battle for their use of a banned pesticide that was known by the company to cause sterility. One third of the production price of the average banana is used simply to cover the cost of pesticides. All over the world, banana plantation workers are suffering and dying from the effects of these pesticides. Can he beat the giant, or will the corporation get away with it? In the suspenseful documentary Bananas!, filmmaker Fredrik Gertten sheds new light on the global politics of food. (Source: Official Press Kit)
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This film is available at the Rachel Carson Center Library (RCC, 4th floor, Leopoldstrasse 11a, 80802 Munich) for on-site viewing only. For more information, please contact library@rcc.lmu.de.
- Müller, Birgit. “Farmers, Development, and the Temptation of Nitrogen: Controversies about Sustainable Farming in Nicaragua.” In: “Fields and Forests: Ethnographic Perspectives on Environmental Globalization,” edited by Daniel Münster, Ursula Münster, and Stefan Dorondel, RCC Perspectives 5 (2012): 23–29.
