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- Howard Street Screen
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- Shohei Imamura Retrospective
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- AWFJ Award
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Big Boys Gone Bananas!*
When Frederick Gertten’s film Bananas!* was accepted into the Los Angeles Film Festival, he was delighted. An examination of food giant Dole’s devastating use of pesticides in Nicaragua, the film would be having its world premiere in the same city as Dole’s global headquarters. Then the “cease and desist” letters started arriving. Despite not having seen the film, Dole was determined to control the narrative around it – and cast Gertten as a major liar. Dole also began bombarding the LAFF itself, from the organisers to journalists and sponsors, with shocking results. Shrewd enough to recognise he was in the midst of a quickly unfolding David vs. Goliath story, Gertten does what any self-respecting documentary maker does – he starts filming. The result is a front row seat to a spectacular display of corporate bullying – a must-see film for anyone interested in the right to free speech in an increasingly nasty world.
Strands
- Official Website:
- www.bigboysgonebananas.com
- Festivals:
- IDFA 2012, Sundance Film Festival 2012, Sarasota Film Festival 2012, Full rame Documentary Film Festival 2012, Tempo Documentary Festival 2012
- Awards:
- Best Documentary, Sarasota Film Festival
- Audience Award, One World Film Festival, Czech Republic
- The Rodolf Vrba Jury Award, One World Film Festival, Czech Republic
- Top Ten Audience Favourite , Hot Docs
Credits
- Editor:
- Benjamin Binderup , Jesper Osmund
- Narrative Consultant:
- Niels Pagh Andersen
Director Filmography
- 2009, Bananas!*
- 2005, The Socialist, the Architect and the Twisted Tower
- 2005, An Ordinary Family
- 2002, Bye Bye Malmö
Contact
Oli Harbottle
Head of Distribution
Dogwoof
oli@dogwoof.com
+44 2078317252
Screening
14 Jun 11:45
- Showroom 3
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16 Jun 17:00
- Showroom 3
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