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The Big Banana / ArtMattan Productions .
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Business.
- Business ethics.
- Commercial law.
- Economics.
- International economic relations.
- Genre:
- Internet videos.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 video file (87 minutes)) : sound, color
- Distribution:
- New York, N.Y. : Distributed by Infobase, 2017.
- Contained In:
- Films on Demand.
- Place of Publication:
- [New York] : [New York] : [2011]
- Language Note:
- Closed-captioned.
- System Details:
- video file
- Summary:
- Banned in Cameroon, "The Big Banana" illustrates the poor working conditions in banana plantations, and exposes the adverse impact on the people of a corporatocratic government that affords super-profits for corporations at the expense of the local population. "The Big Banana" outlines land grabbing tactics by the company, Plantation du Haut Penja (PHP), and the ensuing devastation for communities: poverty, pollution, and sickness from pesticides. Bieleu, who spent two years filming residents in the remote countryside of Cameroon also features local cooperatives resisting the devastation through business alliances with fair trade organizations. As a result, The Big Banana not only exposes multinational corporations culpability in the land grab of Africa but also makes us reconsider where we get our fruit from.
- Contents:
- The Big Banana: Introduction (4:18); A Living Wage (3:53); Conflicting Views of PHP (5:32); PHP's Retaliation (3:58); Importing the Bananas (2:54); Exploiting Cameroon Folktales (2:13); Poisoning the Farmers (10:44); Polluting the Groundwater (3:26); Non-Standard Banana Sales (4:47); History of Local Cameroon Farming (8:40); What Will Locals Eat? (9:59); Feeding Cameroon (3:59); Politics of Banana Trade (7:37); Fair Trade Agreements (7:52); Changing the Global Standard (2:56); Credits: The Big Banana (2:11);
- Notes:
- Originally released by ArtMattan Productions, 2011.
- Description based on online resource (viewed on April 7, 2023).
- OCLC:
- 1031086519
- Publisher Number:
- 145116 Infobase
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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