Big Boys Gone Bananas!*

Boys Gone Bananas!*, documentary, 2011.

DIRECTED BY: Fredrik Gertten

Big Boys Gone Bananas!*

PHOTOGRAPHY:
Joseph Aguirre,
Kiki Allgeier,
Stefan Berg,
Joakim Demmer,
Malin Korkeasalo,
Gabriel Noguez,
Frank Pineda,
Sasha Snow,
Jason Wawro

Synopsis:
After finishing the documentary Bananas!* in 2009, its director Fredrik Gertten was sued by the American company Dole. The film told the story about the lives of poor and exploited workers from Nicaragua who work on banana farms owned by Dole. The company exposed them to illicit pesticides, which poisoned the workers and made them sterile. Instead of giving up after the lawsuit, the director chose to document the company’s tactics…

color, digital, 87 min