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Bananas!* / WG Film and Magic Hour Films present ; a WG Film production ; a film by Fredrik Gertten ; director, Fredrik Gertten ; producer, Margarete Jangård.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- Language:
- English
- Spanish
- Subjects (All):
- Dole Food Company--Trials, litigation, etc.
- Dole Food Company.
- Pesticides--Health aspects--Nicaragua.
- Pesticides.
- Banana trade--Nicaragua.
- Banana trade.
- Banana growers--Nicaragua.
- Banana growers.
- Tort liability of corporations--United States.
- Tort liability of corporations.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Biographical films.
- Legal films.
- Feature films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (88 minutes)
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Oscilloscope Pictures, 2009.
- Language Note:
- In Spanish and English with English subtitles.
- System Details:
- data file
- Summary:
- BANANAS!* is a suspenseful court room drama that examines the intricacies and injustices of the global politics of food. Focusing on a landmark and highly controversial legal case pitting a dozen Nicaraguan banana plantation workers against Dole Food Corporation, BANANAS!* uncovers the alleged usage of a banned pesticide and its probable link to generations of sterilized workers. Central to both the film and case is Juan "Accidentes" Dominguez, a Los Angeles-based personal injury attorney who, although iconic within the Latino community for his ubiquitous billboard ads, is unquestionably facing the biggest case and challenge of his career. At stake in the classic David vs. Goliath story are the futures of generations of workers and their families, as well as the culture of global, multinational business. If successful, the case could rock the economic foundations of Dole, and could open the US courts to other global victims, representing a new day in international justice.
- Participant:
- Juan J. Dominguez, Duane Miller, Byron Rosales Romero.
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed January 30, 2018).
- OCLC:
- 878938813
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