The film was criticized by Dole for containing "patent falsehoods". After a screening at the Los Angeles Film Festival in June 2009, Gertten was sued for defamation by Dole on 8 July. The lawsuit was preceded by threats of legal action from Dole aimed against the LA Film Festival, which resulted in sponsors pulling support and the film being removed from competition. Dole dropped their lawsuit against Fredrik Gertten and Bananas!* on 15 October 2009.
In late 2010 a court in Los Angeles decided in favor of the movie crew, making it possible to release the film in the US.[2] A judge awarded the filmmakers nearly $200,000 in fees and costs.[3]
bananas, 2009, swedish, documentary, directed, fredrik, gertten, about, conflict, between, dole, food, company, banana, plantation, workers, nicaragua, over, alleged, cases, sterility, caused, pesticide, dbcp, directed, byfredrik, gerttenproduced, bymargarete,. 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 Bananas Directed byFredrik GerttenProduced byMargarete Jangard Lise Lense Moller Bart SimpsonStarringSee belowCinematographyJoseph Aguirre Frank PinedaEdited byJesper OsmundMusic byNathan LarsonProductioncompanynovemberfilmDistributed byOscilloscope LaboratoriesRelease date20 June 2009 2009 06 20 Running time87 minutesCountrySwedenLanguageEnglishThe film was criticized by Dole for containing patent falsehoods After a screening at the Los Angeles Film Festival in June 2009 Gertten was sued for defamation by Dole on 8 July The lawsuit was preceded by threats of legal action from Dole aimed against the LA Film Festival which resulted in sponsors pulling support and the film being removed from competition Dole dropped their lawsuit against Fredrik Gertten and Bananas on 15 October 2009 In September 2009 the Swedish parliament members Mats Johansson M and Luciano Astudillo S took the initiative of displaying the movie in the Parliament of Sweden this being its premiere in Sweden 1 In late 2010 a court in Los Angeles decided in favor of the movie crew making it possible to release the film in the US 2 A judge awarded the filmmakers nearly 200 000 in fees and costs 3 In 2011 Gertten directed the film Big Boys Gone Bananas about how the company was sued by Dole 4 Contents 1 Cast 2 See also 3 References 4 External linksCast EditByron Rosales Romero Juan J Dominguez Duane Miller Rick McKnight David Delorenzo Mercedes Del Carmen RomeroSee also EditOscilloscope LaboratoriesReferences Edit Forsstrom Anders 17 September 2009 Bananas far premiar i riksdagen Dagens Nyheter in Swedish Retrieved 3 September 2012 Filmen Bananas vann Dole rattegang Svenska Dagbladet in Swedish 29 November 2010 Retrieved 2 December 2011 Dole Food hit with fees for suing directors of banana plantation documentary Sigander Miranda 2 December 2011 Revansch pa Sundance for Gertten Dagens Nyheter in Swedish Retrieved 2 December 2011 External links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bananas Official website Bananas at IMDb Bananas at the Swedish Film Institute Database Bananas at Rotten TomatoesNewsDole sues Bananas filmmaker alleges defamation Yahoo News 9 July 2009 Dole SuesBananas Filmmaker Businessweek 9 July 2009 Dole sues Bananas documentary maker Reuters 8 July 2009 in Swedish Bananjatte stammer svensk filmare Dagens Nyheter 9 July 2009 in Swedish Dole drar tillbaka stamningen mot Bananas Dagens Nyheter 15 October 2009 Portals Film Food Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Bananas amp oldid 1121769087, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
