Bananas!* (2009)
Juan “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?
- Date of release
- 2009-10-09
- TMDB
- 6.6 / 10 (18)
- Runtime
- 1h 27m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Director
- Fredrik Gertten
- Collection
- Bananas!* Collection
Casting
- Byron Rosales Romero — Himself
- Juan J. Dominguez — Himself
- Duane Miller — Himself
- Rick McKnight — Himself
- David Delorenzo — Himself
- Mercedes Del Carmen Romero — Herself
Interesting facts
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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