Bananas!

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Bananas!

2009

1h 27m

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Lawyer Juan Dominguez represents Nicaraguan produce workers who are suing Dole Food Co. over health problems they believe were caused by its use of a banned pesticide.

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Derek Malcolm

London Evening Standard

Fredrik Gertien's documentary about the alleged perils of being a Nicaraguan banana worker has landed the director in serious trouble with the Dole Food Company.

Rated: 3/5

Apr 22, 2010

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Adam Lee Davies

Little White Lies

A missed opportunity to spear corporate negligence.

Rated: 2/5

Apr 21, 2010

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Peter Bradshaw

Guardian

SThe movie is very similar to Joe Berlinger's 2009 film Crude, about similar campaigns on behalf of Ecuadorean oil workers.

Rated: 3/5

Apr 16, 2010

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Debbie Lynn Elias

Behind The Lens

Whether or not BANANAS! will see the light of day in other theatres or festivals is currently unknown. I hope it does.

Nov 7, 2019

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Tom Dawson

Total Film

Drawing on vivid archive footage of working conditions in rural Nicaragua, director Fredrik Gertten also benefits from a charismatic protag in Juan Dominguez, the Ferrari-driving lawyer representing the underdogs.

Rated: 3/5

Apr 22, 2010

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Matthew Turner

ViewLondon

Rated: 3/5

Jun 20, 2009

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a film that has a great script with a horrible ending.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/26/23

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Do yourself a favor and see LOVE & BANANAS: An Elephant Story. See LOVE & BANANAS: An Elephant Story to do our world a favor. Together we CAN make a difference... just like the heroes in this film!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/27/23

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An interesting movie. And in the end Juan Dominguez was cleared of any wrongdoing. http://www.bananasthemovie.com/juan-dominguez-cleared-of-any-wrongdoing-by-state-bar

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/27/23

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Another one of those needed Eye-openers! I was so impressed this lawyer stuck with the case and put so much work into it for social justice in the third world, way to go! Plus Nicaragua is close to my heart also :)

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/15/23

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Extremely impressive documentary about a lawyer taking up the fight for Dole banana plantation workers in Nicaragua, suffering from illnesses related to pesticide use. I strongly recommend it to anyone interested in activism, the law (especially international law and jurisdictional matters), and where your food is coming from. A

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/11/23

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A very long and cheaply-made film with Nicaraguan locals affected by the pesticides once used over the banana plantations. I felt the entire camera work really lacked taste. Would of loved to see a main person telling the story (in the way of a documentary) and they could of shown us actual footage from the plantations from the 1970s, which would of made it more real to our eyes and more touching. Too bad this was one big boring case, with lots of boring footage. Ended up shutting it off throughout.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/08/23

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Synopsis

Lawyer Juan Dominguez represents Nicaraguan produce workers who are suing Dole Food Co. over health problems they believe were caused by its use of a banned pesticide.

Director: Fredrik Gertten
Producer: Margarete Jangård
Production Co: Magic Hour Films ApS, WG Film
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 24, 2012
Runtime: 1h 27m

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