Bananas!*

  • The world's biggest fruit company is on trial in the USA ... for poisoning their workers!! For the first time in history a small US-lawfirm represents Nicaraguan plantation workers who are all infertile because of the toxic pesticides the fruit-corporation used on their BANANAS-plantations.

    Does a small lawfirm stand a chance against the power of a multi-billion dollar corporation? And will you ever eat BANANAS again after watching this revealing, suspenseful film? A "David against Goliath" War in every way ... 

premiere location: L.A. Film Festival 2009

credits

  • director(s): Fredrik Gertten
  • cinematographer(s): Frank Pineda, Joe Aguirre
  • editor(s): Jesper Osmund
  • music: Nathan Larson
  • executive producer(s): Fredrik Gertten
  • producer(s): Margarete Jangård
  • co-producer(s): Lise Lense-Møller , Bart Simpson
  • production company: WG Film

technical data

  • film format: HD
  • audio format: Stereo
  • aspect ratio: 16/9
  • production year: 2009
  • runtime: 58', 88'
  • countries: SWEDEN
  • genres: environmental, investigative
  • languages: English, Spanish
  • subtitles: English, French, Spanish

Festivals

  • Berlinale 2010
  • L.A. Film Festival 2009

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