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Bananas!*
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Bananas!* is a 2009 Swedish documentary directed by Fredrik Gertten about a conflict between the Dole Food Company and banana plantation workers in Nicaragua over alleged cases of sterility caused by the pesticide DBCP.
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6.6Juan “Accidentes” 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. Can he beat the giant, or will the corporation get away with it?
Cast
- Byron Rosales Romero as Himself
- Juan J. Dominguez as Himself
- Duane Miller as Himself
- Rick McKnight as Himself
- David Delorenzo as Himself
- Mercedes Del Carmen Romero as Herself
Themes
- farm worker
- plantation
- sterility
- nicaragua
- food industry
- central america
- pesticide
- banana
- corporate crime
- corporate greed
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Ratings
IMDb
6.9/10
987 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
86%
- Year
- 2009
- Runtime
- 88 min
- Genres
- Crime, Documentary, Drama
- Rated
- Not Rated
- Awards
- 2 nominations total
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 87
- FilmAffinity ID
- 777932
- Official website
- www.bananasthemovie.com
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- Commons category
- Bananas!*
- publication date
- 2009-01-01
- title
- Bananas!*
- review score
- 86%
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Bananas!* is a 2009 Swedish documentary directed by Fredrik Gertten about a conflict between the Dole Food Company and banana plantation workers in Nicaragua over alleged cases of sterility caused by the pesticide DBCP.
The film was criticized by Dole for containing "patent falsehoods". After a screening at the Los Angeles Film Festival in June 2009, Gertten was sued for defamation by Dole on 8 July. The lawsuit was preceded by threats of legal action from Dole aimed against the LA Film Festival, which resulted in sponsors pulling support and the film being removed from competition. Dole dropped their lawsuit against Fredrik Gertten and Bananas!* on 15 October 2009.