Bananas!*

Bananas!*
Bananas!*
Directed by	Fredrik Gertten
Produced by	; ; Bart Simpson;
Starring	See below
Cinematography	; Frank Pineda;
Edited by
Music by	Nathan Larson
Production; company
Distributed by	Oscilloscope Laboratories
Release date	20 June 2009;
Running time	87 minutes
Country	Sweden
Language	English

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.

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 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]

Cast[]

Duane Miller

References[]

^ Forsström, Anders (17 September 2009). ""Bananas!*" får premiär i riksdagen". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). Retrieved 3 September 2012.
^ "Filmen "Bananas" vann Dole-rättegång". 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 på Sundance för Gertten". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). Retrieved 2 December 2011.

External links[]

Official website
Bananas!* at IMDb
Bananas!* at the Swedish Film Institute Database
Bananas!* at Rotten Tomatoes

News

Dole sues 'Bananas!' filmmaker, alleges defamation, Yahoo News. 9 July 2009.
Dole Sues Bananas! Filmmaker, Businessweek. 9 July 2009.
Dole sues "Bananas" documentary maker, Reuters. 8 July 2009.
(in Swedish) Bananjätte stämmer svensk filmare, Dagens Nyheter. 9 July 2009.
(in Swedish) Dole drar tillbaka stämningen mot "Bananas!*", Dagens Nyheter. 15 October 2009.

[1] Forsström, Anders (17 September 2009). ""Bananas!*" får premiär i riksdagen". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). Retrieved 3 September 2012.

[2] "Filmen "Bananas" vann Dole-rättegång". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). 29 November 2010. Retrieved 2 December 2011.

[3] Dole Food hit with fees for suing directors of banana plantation documentary

[4] Sigander, Miranda (2 December 2011). "Revansch på Sundance för Gertten". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). Retrieved 2 December 2011.

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v t Food industry criticism
Books	The Jungle (1906) Modern Meat (1984) Fast Food Nation (2001) Reefer Madness (2003) Shopped (2004) Chew on This (2006) My Secret Life on the McJob (2006) The Omnivore's Dilemma (2006) Eating Animals (2009) Wheat Belly (2011) Farmageddon: The True Cost of Cheap Meat (2014) Meat Atlas (annual)
Films	The Jungle (1914) McLibel (1997) The Corporation (2003) Super Size Me (2004) The Future of Food (2004) We Feed the World (2005) Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price (2005) Our Daily Bread (2005) Earthlings (2005) Fast Food Nation (2006) Black Gold (2006) King Corn (2007) Food, Inc. (2008) Million Calorie March: The Movie (2008) The World According to Monsanto (2008) Fresh (2009) Bananas!* (2009) Big Boys Gone Bananas!* (2011) The Dark Side of Chocolate (2010) Forks Over Knives (2011) A Place at the Table (2013) Fed Up (2014) Cowspiracy (2014) Super Size Me 2: Holy Chicken! (2017)
Organizations	Coca-Cola Cargill Tesco Nestlé boycott McDonald's
Concepts	Child labour in cocoa production Fair trade coffee Fast food criticism Food safety Genetically modified food (controversies)
By country	China

v t Dole Food Company
Subsidiaries	Castle & Cooke Hawaiian Pineapple Company Standard Fruit Company
Sponsorships	Dole Nutrition Institute Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room (Disneyland) Dole Whip
People	Samuel Northrup Castle Amos Starr Cooke James Dole
Other	Bananas!* (documentary) Big Five (Hawaii) Del Monte Fresh Produce Co. v. Dole Food Co.

Authority control
General	WorldCat (via Library of Congress)
National libraries	United States

Bananas!*

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