WG Film AB

Västergatan 23
SE-211 21 Malmö, Sweden
Phone: +46 (0)40 781 50,
+46 (0)40 23 20 98
Fax: +46 (0)40 23 35 10
E-mail: film@wgfilm.com
 
 

Nathan Larsson goes BANANAS!*

New York based composer Nathan Larson has composed the Bananas!*
score. Nathan has previously worked with directors as Stephen Frears, Todd
Solonz, Lukas Moodyson and more.

Producerad av: 040


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? In the suspenseful documentary BANANAS!*, filmmaker Fredrik Gertten sheds new light on the global politics of food.

One third of the production price of the average banana is used simply to cover the cost of pesticides. All over the world, banana plantation workers are suffering and dying from the effects of these pesticides. Juan Dominguez, a million-dollar personal injury lawyer in Los Angeles, is on his biggest case ever representing over 10,000 Nicaraguan banana workers claiming to be afflicted by a pesticide known as Nemagon. Dole Food and Dow Chemicals are on trial.

Another banana worker is being buried in a small northern town in Nicaragua. For his whole life, Alberto Rosales used his machete to remove weeds from below the banana plants. His son says his last years were filled with pain, a body that was itching all night — and in the end his kidneys stopped working.

Inside the church, filled with friends and family, Father Bayardo begins his sermon. It’s not about Alberto Rosales after awhile. It’s about pesticides. Father Bayardo is accusing landowners and US transnationals of immoral practices which he says cause the death and suffering of many members of his community.

The whole region of Chinandega is an ecological disaster zone. The pesticide spray has left its mark everywhere. The soil, the water, the animals, the food of the people are all affected. The level of pesticides in breastmilk is 700 times higher than is acceptable2. Some say it will take 200 years for the ground to heal itself enough to produce natural crops again.

One of the pesticides, a DBCP-based compound called Nemagon, was banned in the USA in 1977 for causing male sterility. Standard Fruit—now Dole—continued to use the pesticide in its plantations outside the USA up to 1982.

Enter Juan Dominguez.

Dominguez, a personal injury lawyer and a member of the “Million Dollar Club” of attorneys in Southern California, is making history. As the legal representative of over 10,000 Nicaraguan banana workers, he is the first attorney ever to force American corporations to take responsibility for actions they have done outside US borders.

This case has been followed by experts and companies all over the world.  If Dominguez is successful, it could rock the economic foundations of Dole and Dow, and would open the US courts to other global victims of US-based multinationals.  It would represent a new day in international justice, and there are further cases of a similar nature coming up next in many jurisdictions.

Read more about the film:
www.bananasthemovie.com

 

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Juan Dominguez giving a speech in Estelí, Nicaragua

Byron Rosales at his fathers funeral

A plane spraying a Nicaraguan banana plantation

Screenings

San Francisco Green Film Fest
2011.03.03 - 2011.03.06
BANANAS!* Internazionale a Ferrara Festival

Rome, Italy

2010.10.01 - 2010.10.10
BANANAS!* Chungmuro International Film Festival

South Korea

2010.09.02 - 2010.09.10
BANANAS!*, Baltic Sea Forum

Latvia

2010.09.02 - 2010.09.12
BANANAS!* The Chapter

Cardiff, Canton, UK

2010.06.28 - 2010.07.01
BANANAS!* Ecofilms - Rodοs International Film Festival

Rodos, Greece

2010.06.22 - 2010.06.27
BANANAS!* Moscow International Film Festival

Moscow, Russia

2010.06.17 - 2010.06.26
BANANAS!* FICA International Film Festival

Goiânia, Brasil

2010.06.08 - 2010.06.13
BANANAS!* Edinburgh Filmhouse

Edinburgh, Great Brittain

2010.06.07 - 2010.06.10
BANANAS!* Berkshire International Film Festival

Massachusetts, U.S.A

2010.06.03 - 2010.06.07
BANANAS!* Transilvania International Film Festival

Transilvania, Romania

2010.05.28 - 2010.06.06
BANANAS!* Real Earth Environmental Film Festival

New Zealand

2010.05.22
BANANAS!* Encontro Internacional de Capoeira Angola

Montpellier, Brazil

2010.05.14 - 2010.05.16
BANANAS!* Dalhousie University

Halifax,  Nova Scotia, Canada

2010.05.13
BANANAS!* Karlstor-Kino

Heidelberg, Germany

2010.05.12
BANANAS!* Victoria Film Festival

Victoria, CA, USA

2010.05.08
BANANAS!* Biograf Spegeln

Malmö, Sweden

2010.05.08
"Let's go BANANAS!* Bio Rio

Stockholm, Sweden

2010.05.08
BANANAS!* Cine Latino

Heidelberg, Germany

2010.05.08 - 2010.05.16
BANANAS!* DOXA Documentary Film Festival

Vancouver, Canada

2010.05.07 - 2010.05.16
BANANAS! 7 Planete Doc Review Film Festival

Warsaw, Poland

2010.05.07 - 2010.05.16
BANANAS!* Wehrenberg Theatres

Rochester, Maine, USA

2010.05.04
BANANAS!* DOCVILLE International Documentary Film Festival

Leuven, Belgium

2010.05.01 - 2010.05.08
BANANAS!* Folkets bio

Älmhult, Sweden

2010.04.24
BANANAS!* Hagabion

Göteborg, Sweden

2010.04.22
BANANAS!* Boston Independent Film Festival

Boston, USA

2010.04.21 - 2010.04.28
BANANAS!* Estrad Bio Kontrast

Södertälje, Sweden

2010.04.20
BANANAS!* SVT Broadcast

Swedish television

2010.04.20
BANANAS!* Al Jazeera International Documentary Film Festival

Doha, Qatar

2010.04.19 - 2010.04.22
BANANAS!* ICA Institute of Contemporary Arts

London, UK

2010.04.16 - 2010.04.25
BANANAS!* Visions du reel Film Festival

Nyon, Switzerland

2010.04.15 - 2010.04.21
BANANAS!* Belfast Film Festival

Belfast, United Kingdom

2010.04.15 - 2010.04.30
BANANAS!* Minneapolis/St. Paul International Film festival

Minneapolis, USA

2010.04.15 - 2010.04.30
BANANAS!* Folkets Hus VågeN

Strömsund, Sweden

2010.04.15
BANANAS!* Cinemateket/Norsk filminstitutt

Oslo, Norway

2010.04.14
BANANAS!* Cinemazero Film Festival

Pordenone, Italy

2010.04.14 - 2010.04.18
BANANAS!* Winthrop University

Rock Hill, USA

2010.04.14
BANANAS!* Biograf Spegeln Skolbio

Malmö, Sweden

2010.04.14
BANANAS!* Eau Claire Progressive Film Festival

Wisconsin, USA

2010.04.13 - 2010.04.22
BANANAS!* Environmental Film Festival at Yale

New Haven, USA

2010.04.06 - 2010.04.11
BANANAS!* Bio Harlekinen

Norrköping, Sweden

2010.04.01
BANANAS!* Docudays Ua

Kiew, Ukraine

2010.03.26 - 2010.04.02
BANANAS!* Röda Kvarn, Filmstudion

Halmstad, Sweden

2010.03.25
BANANAS!* Skövde Dokumentärfilmsfestival

Skövde, Sweden

2010.03.25 - 2010.03.28
BANANAS!* LA68 CASA DE CULTURA

Mexico

2010.03.25
BANANAS!* Centrumbiografen

Upplands Väsby, Sweden

2010.03.23
BANANAS!* Bio Kallhäll

Järfälla, Sweden

2010.03.22
BANANAS!* Odéon

Skövde, Sweden

2010.03.22 - 2010.03.28
BANANAS!* Cleveland International Film Festival

Cleveland, OH, United States

2010.03.18 - 2010.03.28
BANANAS!* Thessaloniki International Film Festival

Thessaloniki, Greece

2010.03.12 - 2010.03.21
BANANAS!* One World International Film Festival

Prag, Czech Republic

2010.03.10 - 2010.03.18
BANANAS!* Cinema Planeta Film festival

Cuernavaca, Mexico

2010.03.05 - 2010.03.14
BANANAS!* Washington, DC Independent Film & Music Festival

Washington DC, United States

2010.03.04 - 2010.03.14
BANANAS!* Vera Filmfestival

Mariehamn, Åland, Sweden

2010.03.03 - 2010.03.07
BANANAS!* Folkets Hus Bio Pajala

Pajala, Sweden

2010.03.03
BANANAS!* Hagabion

Göteborg, Sweden

2010.03.01
BANANAS!* Eko-dagarna Dunkers kulturhus

Helsingborg, Sweden

2010.02.26 - 2010.02.27
BANANAS!* Kulturamt der Stadt Wiesbaden

Wiesbaden, Germany

2010.02.26 - 2010.02.28
BANANAS!* Saga Bio

Vetlanda, Sweden

2010.02.25
BANANAS!* Vetlanda Filmstudio

Vetlanda, Sweden

2010.02.25
BANANAS!* Caligari FilmBuehne Wiesbaden

Wiesbaden, Germany

2010.02.24
BANANAS!* Visir Bio

Leksand, Sweden

2010.02.22
BANANAS!* Ystad Församling - Film i Fastan

Ystad, Sweden

2010.02.21
BANANAS!* SveLa

Skellefteå, Sweden

2010.02.13 - 2010.02.14
BANANAS!* Berlinale International Film Festival

Berlin, Germany

2010.02.11 - 2010.02.21
BANANAS!* Medioteket

Stockholm, Sweden

2010.02.08 - 2010.02.26
BANANAS!* Filmmuséet

Kristianstad, Sweden

2010.02.07
BANANAS!* Bio Harlekinen

Norrköping, Sweden

2010.02.03 - 2010.02.09
BANANAS!* NBV Sydost

Växjö, Sweden

2010.01.30
BANANAS!* Göteborgs Int. Filmfestival

Gothenbourg, Sweden

2010.01.29 - 2010.02.08
BANANAS!* JMG Göteborgs universitet

Gothenburg, Sweden

2010.01.29
BANANAS!* Rotterdam International Film Festival

Rotterdam, The Netherlands

2010.01.27 - 2010.02.07
BANANAS!* Folkan (filmstudion)

Gislaved, Sweden

2010.01.25
BANANAS!* Bio Folket Hus, Olofström

Olofström, Sweden

2010.01.19
BANANAS!* Zita biografen

Stockholm, Sweden

2009.12.15
BANANAS!* Hagabion

Göteborg, Sweden

2009.12.11 - 2009.12.17
BANANAS!* Studentafton, Kino

Lund, Sweden

2009.12.09
BANANAS!* Norsborg

Norsborg, Sweden

2009.12.03
BANANAS!* This human world

Wien, Austria

2009.12.03 - 2009.12.13
BANANAS!* Bratislava International Film Festival

Bratislava, Slovenia

2009.11.27 - 2009.12.04
BANANAS!* IDFA International Documentary Film Festival

Amsterdam, Netherlands

2009.11.19 - 2009.11.29
BANANAS!* Oslo International Film Festival

Oslo, Norway

2009.11.19 - 2009.11.29
BANANAS!* Four Screens Film Festival

Paris, France

2009.11.18 - 2009.11.20
BANANAS!* Nordox

Nordic Documentary Film Festival, Beijing, China

2009.11.14 - 2009.12.06
BANANAS!* RIDM - Rencontres internationales du documentair

Montreal, Canada

2009.11.11 - 2009.11.21
BANANAS!* Aarhus Filmfestival

Kick of on Sunday!
Aarhus, Denmark

2009.11.08 - 2009.11.15
BANANAS!* Sevilla Festival de Cine Europe0

Okt 27 - 19:10 - UNIBANCO ARTEPLEX 4  Q&A after the session
Okt 28 - 16:00 - CINE BOMBRIL 2
Okt 29 - 20:00 - MATILHA CULTURAL
Okt 30 - 12:00 - RESERVA CULTURAL 1

Sevilla, Spain

2009.11.06 - 2009.11.14
BANANAS!* CPH:DOX

Copenhagen, Denmark

2009.11.06 - 2009.11.15
BANANAS!* Spegeln

Malmö, Sweden

2009.11.06
BANANAS!* Arctic Light Film Festival

Kiruna, Sweden

2009.11.05 - 2009.11.11
BANANAS!* Leeds International Film Festival

Leeds, UK

2009.11.04 - 2009.11.23
BANANAS!* Ung Forum

Lund, Sweden

2009.10.30
BANANAS!* M:DOX Film Festival

Malmö, Sweden

2009.10.23 - 2009.10.25
BANANAS!* Mostra Internacional de Cinema

Sao Paulo, Brazil

2009.10.23 - 2009.11.05
BANANAS!* CMJ Music Marathon & Film Festival

New York, USA

2009.10.20 - 2009.10.24
BANANAS!* Dramatiska institutet

Stockholm, Sweden

2009.10.19
BANANAS!* Bio Tjogo5

Umeå, Sweden

2009.10.16
BANANAS!* Örebro

Örebro, Sweden

2009.10.14
BANANAS!* SWEDISH PREMIERE

Stockholm, Göteborg, Uppsala, Malmö, Lund, Västerås, Örebro, Östersund, Skärhamn, Båstad

2009.10.09
BANANAS!* Gala premiere

Malmö, Sweden

2009.10.08
BANANAS! Malmö Högskola

Biograf Spegeln, Malmö, Sweden

2009.10.07
BANANAS!* DocLounge

Gothenborg, Sweden

2009.10.07
BANANAS!* DocLounge

Stockholm, Sweden

2009.10.06
BANANAS!* DocLounge

Malmö, Sweden

2009.10.05
BANANAS!* Riksdagen

Stockholm, Sweden

2009.10.01
BANANAS!* Nordisk Panorama

Reykjavik, Iceland

2009.09.25 - 2009.09.30
BANANAS!* Nordisk Panorama

Reykjavik, Iceland

2009.09.25 - 2009.09.30
BANANAS!* DocLounge

Helsinki, Finland

2009.09.24
BANANAS!* Jönköpings Filmfestival

Jönköping, Sweden

2009.09.02 - 2009.09.06
BANANAS!* Filmdagarna

Malmö, Sweden

2009.08.24 - 2009.08.27
BANANAS!* Filmdagarna

Piteå, Sweden

2009.08.13 - 2009.08.16
BANANAS!* (Exclusive preview) Båstad Filmfestival

Båstad, Sweden

2009.07.31 - 2009.08.03
Bananas!* Los Angeles Film festival

Los Angeles, USA

2009.06.18 - 2009.06.28