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When banana ruled / Quark & ARTE France present ; a film by Mathilde Damoisel ; un film écrit et réalisé par Mathilde Damoisel ; produit par Juliette Guigon & Patrick Winocour.
Van Pelt - Video Collection (ask at Circulation Desk) DVD 031 648
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- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- French
- German
- Spanish
- Subjects (All):
- United Fruit Company.
- Globalization.
- History.
- Corporate power.
- Banana trade.
- Central America.
- Banana trade--Economic aspects--Central America.
- Banana trade--Political aspects--Central America.
- Corporate power--Central America--History.
- United Fruit Company--History.
- Globalization--Central America--History.
- International business enterprises.
- Genre:
- Feature films.
- Nonfiction films.
- Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
- Documentary films.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (55 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
- burning
- 4 3/4 in.
- Other Title:
- Originally released in French under title: Loi de la banane
- Place of Publication:
- Brooklyn, NY : Icarus Films, [2018]
- Language Note:
- Narration in English; some interviews in French or German have English voiceovers and some archival footage in Spanish with English subtitles.
- Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
- System Details:
- DVD-R, NTSC, all regions; widescreen (1.78:1 aspect ratio) presentation; Dolby Digital 2.0.
- Dolby
- stereo
- optical
- digital
- widescreen (1.78:1)
- NTSC
- all regions
- DVD-R video
- video file
- Summary:
- Using extensive archival footage, the film tells the story of the men who made bananas the most ubiquitous fruit in the world, through a multinational empire that dominated production and sales, overthrew governments, and created a business model still largely used by today's tech giants.
- Participant:
- Interviewees, Geoffrey Jones, Gaël Giraud, Cécile Renouard.
- Credits:
- Directors of photography, Olivier Raffet, Scott Sinkler; editor, Solveig Risacher; music, Fabien Bourdier.
- Notes:
- Title from title frames.
- Videodisc release of the motion picture produced in 2017.
- Stated duration of film on container is 52 minutes.
- Includes public performance rights for University of Pennsylvania only. Streaming not allowed without a separate license.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James Samuel Blank Fund.
- OCLC:
- 1043904294
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