Los Angeles actor/writer, Tim Coyne, interviews Fredrik Gertten, director of BANANAS!*. Running time 23:25:
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June 29, 2009
Hollywood Podcast interview with Fredrik Gertten
June 26, 2009
FIND/LAFF statement on BANANAS!* screening
Film Independent (FIND) director Dawn Hudson read a statement prior to the screening of BANANAS!* on June 20. It was also handed out to the audience.
"Before you watch this film, you need to know that serious questions have been raised about its credibility.
The judge specifically mentions in her ruling that the witnesses you will see in the film tonight (from the Tellez trial) lied under oath, presented false employment records, and presented fraudulent evidence of sterility.
The court has referred Juan Dominguez to the State Bar and to criminal prosecutors. He is defending all charges against him.
None of this is reflected in the film you are about to see. As a reult, there seems to be little question that the version of reality that the film portrays does not match the reality that emerged in the courtroom.
So why is the Los Angeles Film Festival showing this film when the allegations presented have been found by an LA Superior Court judge to be based on fraudulent evidence?
This is a question that we at Film Independent and the Los Angeles Film Festival (LAFF) have been wrestling with for the past several days – not the least because there is the threat of litigation if we go forward with the screening.
We are not eager to be sued. Nor, given what we know, do we believe that BANANAS!* – in its present form – presents a fair or accurate portrait of Juan Dominguez and the Tellez trial.
This is why we are showing this film – out of competition – as a case study, to illuminate a timely exploration of what makes (and doesn’t make) a responsible documentary."
Watch director Fredrik Gertten’s speech before the screening »
Also see AJ Schnack’s blog post and its comments:
"What is the Documentarian’s Responsibility When the Story Changes?" »
The letter to Carl Bildt
On June 22, Luciano Astudillo, a member of the Swedish parliament and the Social Democratic Party sent a public letter to the Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs, Carl Bildt.
(Our translation):
An American transnational is trying to stop a Swedish documentary
By Luciano Astudillo (s)
To: Minister for Foreign Affairs, Carl Bildt (m)
The Swedish journalist and filmmaker Fredrik Gertten has produced a documentary, BANANAS!*, which was screened at the Los Angeles Film Festival in June. The film depicts how Nicaraguan workers claim they were poisoned by pesticides used by Dole Food Co. on banana plantations during the 1970s.
Even before the premiere, Dole tried to stop the film from screening at the LA Film Festival and has threatened to sue the film company, since Dole thinks it contains false facts. In their efforts to try and stop the film, Dole initially turned to the Swedish Consulate General in Los Angeles, which led to the cancelling of a planned reception. Then Dole contacted the Swedish Ambassador in Washington D.C and demanded the film to be stopped from screening.
Thus, my question to the Minister for Foreign Affairs is:
Does the Minister for Foreign Affairs intend to, in an appropriate way, protest against the fact that an American transnational corporation uses Swedish government authorities to stop the screening of a Swedish documentary? And in that case, how does the Minister for Foreign Affairs intend to act?
June 23, 2009
Dole did not like the film – another letter
Dole’s lawyers attended the BANANAS!* premiere on June 20. They did not like what they saw, and sent another letter:
- Letter from Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher (Dole)
June 23, 2009
Video of Gertten’s speech at the LA premiere
Before the screening of BANANAS!* on June 20, the executive director of Film Independent, Dawn Hudson, read a statement why the film was removed from competition. BANANAS!* director Fredrik Gertten then held a speech about the importance of free speech and the balance between different voices. This video shows the tense last minutes just before the screening.
Dole’s video response to the BANANAS!* trailer
If you do a search on the term “DBCP” on google.com, Dole shows up in the “sponsored links” sidebar. They are paying Google to be on top of the search results when users are trying to find information about DBCP. When you click on the sponsored link, you end up here.
The page serves as Dole’s resource for information in DBCP related court cases. The latest addition is a video response to the BANANAS!* trailer, where they provide their view of the recent event.
Just before the screening at the LA Film Festival, director Fredrik Gertten held a speech. He also screened Dole’s trailer. He did this to prove that all voices are being heard, and to show the importance of free speech, regardless of side, opinion or message.
Google’s sponsored links are often embedded on other sites, and on Vimeo.com, the host of the BANANAS!* trailer, Dole’s DBCP link is also showing up. There is nothing wrong with that. As Gertten said:
“I believe in democracy and I believe in the free word, and I believe there is a balance in a society between different voices. /…/ There is room for everybody in a talk about things that happens in our society, and I think it should also be room for independent films.”
June 22, 2009
The film was screened in LA!
Dear friends, a little update from a turbulent Los Angeles.
Two hours and twenty minutes before the screening we got the green light from the festival board. It was not an easy move for them, but we left it in their hands and the festival did they right thing. We are grateful for that.
At least ten people from Dole were in the audience, taking notes. The audience loved the film. The debate was insane, but we did well. The sympathy fell on our side.
We are very grateful for all the support from you! On this site and in the facebook group.
The second and final chance to see BANANAS!* on the Los Angeles Film Festival will be on Tuesday, June 23, 2009 at 9:15 PM at The Landmark at the Westside Pavillion.
For updated screening times and ticket information, please visit: www.lafilmfest.com/2009
Gertten’s speech at the LA premiere
Before the screening of BANANAS!* on June 20, the executive director of Film Independent, Dawn Hudson, read a statement why the film was removed from competition. BANANAS!* director Fredrik Gertten then held a speech about the importance of free speech and the balance between different voices. This video shows the tense last minutes just before the screening.
June 18, 2009
Fredrik Gertten answers his critics after BANANAS!* is attacked by Dole Food and The Los Angeles Business Journal
From the press release:
“BANANAS!*,” filmmaker Fredrik Gertten’s suspenseful, controversial, non-fiction chronicle on the global politics of food and First vs. Third world dynamics, will be presented in special screenings as a Case Study at the 2009 Los Angeles Film Festival on June 20 and June 23, 2009 in Westwood.
Directed by Gertten, one of Sweden’s preeminent documentarians and investigative journalists, “BANANAS!*” focuses on a slippery fact trail and a landmark legal case pitting a dozen Nicaraguan plantation workers against Dole Food Co., Inc. and its alleged usage of a deadly banned pesticide and its probable link to generations of sterilized workers.
The film has been recently attacked by Dole Food Co., Inc. and the Los Angeles Business Journal as not being fact based. To date, neither Dole, its legal counsel nor the Los Angeles Business Journal have seen the film. In addition, Dole and its attorneys from Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher have sought to stop the film from being screened at the Festival. On May 8, the attorneys went to court seeking stoppage Judge Victoria Chaney.
Judge Chaney responded to the request in court on that day by stating: “Just so we are clear, I am not in any way going to make, and I will not consider, any request for prior restraint on free speech. Okay? So, don’t ask me to go try and contact the film company. I don’t have jurisdiction over them. But even if I did, don’t ask me for it.”
Even after receiving this response from the court, Dole and its attorneys began attacking the film through “cease and desist” threatening letters sent to WG Films and ITVS – the US production company. In addition, they sent letters directly to the Swedish Ambassador to the United States in DC and the Consul General of Sweden in Los Angeles seeking assistance to prevent the film from screening.
As the attacks escalated on the film, “BANANAS!*” was moved out of competition and now will screen in a special Case Study screening slot where the film will be presented together with a special post-screening discussion with the filmmaker. The discussion will center on the documentary filmmaking theme of what happens when a film is finished and new developments come to light, along with what then, are the rights and responsibilities of filmmakers?
Filmmaker Fredrik Gertten responds to the film’s critics stating: “My film, BANANAS!* follows this first historic court case in Los Angeles Superior Court. The film ends with a verdict from the jury. And now, that verdict is under appeal. The recent hearing of April 21 and 23, 2009 happened at a moment after the film was delivered to all broadcasters and to the festival. Because of this new development, we did make a change in the end title cards which updated the audiences as to Judge Chaney’s new rulings.”
“This film is still valid and is still the truth about what happened,” adds Gertten. “I think Dole Foods will be surprised after watching it. They are probably expecting a hard-hitting activist film. It’s not that film. We follow a court drama – an important historic case. If the workers win, it will mean a lot for other workers in the world who claim that they have been abused. Dole and other big corporations have all the best reasons to fight that. But, I think they should do that in an open debate, not by threatening a film or a film festival and a filmmaker.”
Gertten also adds: “In answer to the question of whether my film is fraudulent, I cannot see that it is. Everything I filmed is the truth and how this all played out during this trial. The most important evidence in the case is a letter between Standard Fruit Company (now DOLE) and Dow Chemicals. This is hard evidence and was not something that I made up.”
With regard to one of the film’s lead characters, Juan Dominguez, – the Los Angeles based attorney who brought the trial to Los Angeles and who is now accused of fraud in the trial, Gertten says: “The accusations against Juan Dominguez are serious and I understand that. I look forward to following this case as it develops. Thus far, though, he has only been accused.”
“As a journalist and a filmmaker, I only want to bring the truth to the surface so that the public can know and can dialogue about events that impact them,“ comments Gertten. “Having Bananas!* now in the public and being able to discuss and to defend my film will be a great thing for all of us involved. No more threats. No more name calling or accusations – but actually discussing. I am proud that my film will be screening at the Los Angeles Film Festival and I look forward to these discussions.”
BANANAS!* will be screened at the Los Angeles Film Festival as follows:
- Saturday, June 20, 2009 at 7:30 PM at the UCLA James Bridges Theatre
- Tuesday, June 23, 2009 at 9:15 PM at The Landmark at the Westside Pavillion.
Fredrik Gertten will also be the featured filmmaker at the Filmmaker Lunch Talks on Monday, June 22 at 12:30 PM at the Zone Perfect live.create.lounge.
For updated screening times and ticket information, please visit: www.lafilmfest.com/2009
For more information, please contact:
David Magdael & Associates – Los Angeles
Winston Emano, wemano@tcdm-associates.com
David Magdael, dmagdael@tcdm-associates.com
BANANAS!* is produced by Malmö Sweden-based WG Film and producer Margarete Jangård in co-production with Magic Hour Films (Denmark), ITVS International; Film i Skåne, SVT and Swedish Television (Sweden); with support from The Sundance Documentary Fund, The Swedish Film Institute; Danish Film Institute, Nordisk Film and TV Fond, ZDF/ARTE (Germany/France), YLE (Finland), NRK (Norway), TSR (Switzerland), VPRO (The Netherlands) and Odisea (Spain/Portugal).
June 16, 2009
A letter to the international documentary community
Dear colleagues,
We have been working on the feature documentary BANANAS!* since 2006, and we are slated to launch the film at the Los Angeles Film Festival, held June 18-28 this year.
The film follows a landmark court case – Tellez et. al. v. Dole Food Company Inc. et. al. – where a group of Nicaraguan banana workers, with the help of attorney Juan Dominguez, sues Dole Food for using a banned pesticide in their Nicaraguan plantations. Prolonged exposure to this pesticide was known to cause sterility in human males. It was the first time that agricultural workers from the developing world gave
testimony against a US-based multinational in a US court.
In January, 2008, a full jury found Dole Food guilty of causing harms to the workers, and of acting with malicious intent. They awarded damages to the workers, and Dole is now appealing the verdict. Despite this appeal, during the trial the CEO of Dole Food admitted on the stand that he continued to use the aforementioned pesticide in his Nicaraguan plantations, after it was banned in the US.
Dominguez had many other, similar cases in line following the Tellez case. Dole accused Dominguez of fraud, and the presiding Judge, Victoria Chaney, sided with Dole and threw out all remaining cases. At this point the Tellez decision stands, and case is still under appeal by Dole.
Recent developments have called the validity of certain aspects of the case into question. As those of you who have done courtroom documentaries can attest, court cases can keep developing years after the verdict. Regardless of the final outcome, the film is an accurate representation of the case over a period of time, and our broadcasters and all our other partners support the film 100%.
On May 8, the law firm of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, who represented Dole in court, attempted to get Judge Chaney to stop the film from being screened at the 2009 Los Angeles Film Festival. The Judge stated to those present: “Just so we are clear, I am not in any way going to make, and I will not consider, any request for prior restraint on free speech. Okay? So, don’t ask me to go try and contact the film company. I don’t have jurisdiction over them. But even if I did, don’t ask me for it.”
As they were unsuccessful with Judge Chaney, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP sent us a letter demanding we ‘cease and desist’ plans to screen the film at the Festival. The first such letter sent to us, on May 8 of this year, was copied to all the corporate sponsors of the LA Film Festival, but was not copied to the LA Film Festival itself. A copy of this letter and related letters are available here.
To date, neither Dole nor Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP have actually seen our film. They are basing their comments on a three-minute trailer and information posted here on our website, www.bananasthemovie.com.
Dole’s team is now moving on to yet another strategy and have contacted the Swedish Consulate in LA and the Swedish Ambassador to the US in Washington, asking them to help stop the film.
To date they have only succeeded in getting the Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles (LAFLA) to pull out of ‘co-hosting’ the film’s opening night at the Festival. However, a lawyer from Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher serves on the board of directors of the LAFLA.
Out of respect to the LA Film Festival, we did not broadcast any of these actions until now. However with days to go before our premiere, we are spreading the word.
We are considering all our options given Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher’s actions.
As we move forward, we hope you as our allies in the international documentary community will throw your support behind us. Dole and their counsel’s interference with us, ITVS, the Festival, and their sponsors represent a serious threat to independent documentary production.
Please join our mailing list for breaking news by filling out your mail address in the sidebar to the right, and join our facebook group.
Things will begin to move rapidly, and we will keep you updated as they come.
In thanks and solidarity,
Fredrik Gertten
Margarete Jangård
Lise Lens-Møller
Bart Simpson
BANANAS!*
www.bananasthemovie.com
June 11, 2009
BANANAS!* under fire – an update
As you may have heard, our film has been under a microscope.
The Los Angeles Business Journal, in an article in their June 8 edition, cited the following headline “Legal: Documentary on lawyer needs fact-check”.
Unfortunately, the LA Business Journal could not have fact checked their own article let alone the film, because they haven’t seen it.
In fact to date, no one from Dole, Dole’s lawyers – Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP – or the Los Angeles Business Journal have actually seen the film. Their comments are based on pure speculation.
Judge Chaney responded directly to the lawyers and the court when Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, LLP went to her court on May 8 to stop my film from being shown.
On that day in her court and in regard to the film, Judge Chaney stated to those present: “Just so we are clear, I am not in any way going to make, and I will not consider, any request for prior restraint on free speech. Okay? So, don’t ask me to go try and contact the film company. I don’t have jurisdiction over them. But even if I did, don’t ask me for it.”
As they were unsuccessful with Judge Chaney, Dole’s lawyers started writing letters to us, our US partner ITVS, the Los Angeles Film Festival, and the LA Film Festival’s corporate sponsors, demanding that we ‘cease and desist’ plans to screen the film on June 20 at the Festival, and anywhere else in the world.
Dole’s team is now moving on to yet another strategy and have contacted the Swedish Consulate in LA and the Swedish Ambassador to the US in Washington, asking them to help stop the film.
To date they have succeeded in getting the Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles (LAFLA) to pull out of ‘co-hosting’ the film’s opening night at the Festival. However, a lawyer from Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher serves on the board of directors of the LAFLA.
All the partners in our film stand by BANANAS!* 100%.
The filmmaking team behind BANANAS!*has decades of experience in the documentary industry. Additionally, I have served as an international journalist for 25 years for the Swedish media.
It is important for all those interested in documentary – filmmakers and those who love the form – to stay focused on the facts. To that end we’ve added some of the letters referenced above onto our site for your perusal. You can find them in the bottom of this post. Please log on regularly for the latest updates, and we look forward to sharing our opening with those of you at the Los Angeles Film Festival on June 20 and 23.
Yours truly,
Fredrik Gertten
Director
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The letters from Dole and our replies (PDF):
- Letter from Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher (Dole), May 8, 2009
- Reply from Lee & Lawless (WG Film), May 15, 2009
- Letter from Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher (Dole), May 14, 2009
- Reply from Lee & Lawless (WG Film), May 28, 2009
The letters from Dole
Dole’s lawyers are trying to stop BANANAS!*. As they were unsuccessful with asking Judge Chaney (the judge in the Tellez case) to stop the film, Dole’s lawyers started writing letters to us, our US partner ITVS, the Los Angeles Film Festival, and the LA Film Festival’s corporate sponsors, demanding that we ‘cease and desist’ plans to screen the film on June 20 at the Festival, and anywhere else in the world.
The letters from Dole and our replies (PDF):
- Letter from Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher (Dole), May 8, 2009
- Reply from Lee & Lawless (WG Film), May 15, 2009
- Letter from Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher (Dole), May 14, 2009
- Reply from Lee & Lawless (WG Film), May 28, 2009
- Letter from Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher (Dole), June 23, 2009
June 10, 2009
Reviews
Dagens Nyheter (4/5) »
Maaret Koskinen
Sydsvenskan (4/5) »
Michael Tapper
Gomorron Sverige, SVT (4/5) »
Göran Everdahl
Nyhetsmorgon, TV4 (4/5) »
Ronny Svensson
Expressen (4/5) »
Ronnit Hasson
Aftonbladet (4/5) »
Jan-Olov Andersson
Documentary Field Notes and Flashpoints, Nov 27, 2009
Magnus Isacsson
"I was at the edge of my seat, dying to see how the law suit was going to end. Well shot, well edited, and with judicious use of archives and court room footage, this is a really important film."
n:zone, July 28, 2009
Debbie Lynn Elias
"An extremely well crafted film, in addition to the courtroom drama, there is raw human emotion and even humor. This is life. This is litigation. This is a front row seat to a history making event, that of third world claimants being heard as plaintiffs for the first time in a U.S. Court."
"There is a polish to the overall production with its many textural components of archival footage, courtroom footage and present day observations and background material that makes for a compelling human drama. And as with all good documentaries, it raises questions – and not just about the legal turmoil – but about corporate responsibility, ethics and human rights."
"From a filmmaking standpoint, the documentary is informative, educational, interesting and gives one pause to think about not only the events in this film, but the agricultural industry itself."
Jesther Entertainment, June 24, 2009
Ed Rampell
"… an extremely well crafted, powerful chronicle of an important issue. If one looks closely, the viewer can see Dole’s side of the story also being told"
"… this film is doing what movies should be doing: after the Tuesday screening and panel (which ran to midnight) viewers were debating the picture’s pros and cons outside the theatre, stirring discussion about important social issues"
"BANANAS!* is food for thought, and LAFF’s must-see film"
Variety, June 22, 2009
Peter Debruge
"… an incredibly polished film"
"Swedish helmer Fredrik Gertten offers a front-row seat to a landmark “Erin Brockovich”-style trial …"
"The case could make history, marking the first time Third World agricultural workers are heard in U.S. court, and set precedent, allowing him to sue on behalf of the many other Chinandega locals awaiting their day in court."
"… “BANANAS!*” is quite balanced, airing the opening and closing arguments of both sides."
Media links
This is a collection of newspaper articles, blog posts and video clips about the recent events surrounding BANANAS!*
In English:
Dole withdraws lawsuit against Swedish filmmaker
Los Angeles Times / La Plaza
Deborah Bonello, October 16, 2009
Dole drops BANANAS!* lawsuit
The Local
David Landes, October 15, 2009
Swedish grocers demand talks with Dole over BANANAS!* lawsuit
The Local
David Landes, October 7, 2009
Swedish burger chain ditches Dole over BANANAS!* lawsuit
The Local
David Landes, October 6, 2009
Why Dole sues filmmakers
Dagens Nyheter / www.bananabook.org
Dan Koeppel, October 5, 2009
Swedish MPs back filmmaker’s battle with US food giant
The Local
David Landes, October 1, 2009
US food giant sues Swedish filmmaker
The Local
David Landes, July 10, 2009
Dole Food accuses ‘BANANAS!*’ filmmaker of slander, libel
Los Angeles Times
Victoria Kim, July 9, 2009
BANANAS!*
Hollywood Podcast (audio interview)
Tim Coyne, June 28, 2009
What a Week! Michael Jackson, “Public Enemies” and “BANANAS!*” at LAFF
indieWIRE
Brian Brooks, June 26, 2009
BANANAS!* The Film Dole Doesn’t Want You to See
Uprising Radio / KPFK 90,7 FM
June 23, 2009
Dole v. “BANANAS!*”
Business Ape
Christine Arena, June 22, 2009
What is the Documentarian’s Responsibility When the Story Changes?
All these wonderful things
AJ Schnack, June 22, 2009
Documentary draws ire of Dole after plot thickens
Florida Today, AP
Linda Deutsch, June 19, 2009
Special Event: 2009 LOS ANGELES FILM FESTIVAL: Must See Films
n:zone
Debbie Lynn Elias, June 19, 2009
Dole Claims BANANAS!* Film Documents Fraud
Business Week
Michael Orey, June 19, 2009
Dole fights against ‘BANANAS!*’
Mother Nature Network
Siel Ju, June 18, 2009
Dole Food Co. dislikes BANANAS!*
The Envelope, Los Angeles Times
Reed Johnson, June 16, 2009
Bananas over “BANANAS!”: The Dole Case Hits the Silver Screen
Law Blog, The Wall Street Journal
June 16, 2009
Documentary drives Dole Food Co. bananas
La Plaza, Los Angeles Times
June 16, 2009
Dole Threatens Filmmakers with Lawsuit
Fair Food Fight
June 16, 2009
Dole Goes Bananas Over Documentary on Nicaraguan Worker Abuse
RaceWire
Channing Kennedy, June 16, 2009
Documentary About Struggling Farm Workers Becomes ‘Case Study’ in Truthfulness
Media Decoder, New York Times
Michael Cieply, June 9, 2009
The Big Slip-Up
Los Angeles Business Journal
Alexa Hyland, June 8, 2009
In Swedish:
(For translation, please use Google translate)
SYDSVENSKA DAGBLADET
Dole vill inte betala Gertten
Arvid Jurjaks, October 29, 2009
Gertten drar tillbaka stämning
Arvid Jurjaks, October 29, 2009
Stämningen har lättat
Andreas Ekström, October 24, 2009
Svenska påtryckningar gav resultat
Thomas Frostberg, October 16, 2009
Dole har inte kontaktat mig
Hedvig Weibull, October 15, 2009
Dole drar tillbaka stämningen
Arvid Jurjaks, October 15, 2009
ICA:s krav: "Dra tillbaka stämningen"
Arvid Jurjaks, October 15, 2009
ICA kräver möte med Dole
TT, October 7, 2009
Filmare stöttar Fredrik Gertten
Arvid Jurjaks, August 10, 2009
"Omöjligt förstå Doles stämning"
Annika Gustavsson, August 2, 2009
Specialist försvarar BANANAS!*
Karin Arbsjö, July 28, 2009
Banankonflikten trappas upp
Arvid Jurjaks, July 11, 2009
Bananjätte stämmer Malmöfilmare
Arvid Jurjaks, July 9, 2009
Banankontakt
Nina Halling, June 23, 2009
Gerttens film visad efter lång palaver
Kristin Nord, June 21, 2009
BANANAS!* visas trots stämningshot
Karin Arbsjö, June 12, 2009
Budskapet är lika tydligt nu som då
Patrik Svensson, June 12, 2009
Malmöfilmare stoppas på festival
Niklas Lundell & Gustav Svensson,
June 11, 2009
DAGENS NYHETER
Dole: "BANANAS!* far med osanning"
Anders Forsström, August 5, 2009
Filmfestival: Farlig stämning
Barbro Hedvall, August 4, 2009
Stor advokatbyrå företräder BANANAS!*
Anders Forsström, July 29, 2009
Dags att bojkotta Dole – yttrandefrihet på bolagens villkor
Maria Schottenius, July 11, 2009
Bananjätte stämmer svensk filmare
Anders Forsström, July 9, 2009
HELSINGBORGS DAGBLAD
Sugen på en banan?
Johan Malmberg, August 3, 2009
Båstadaktuella BANANAS!* får vass försvarare
July, 29, 2009
Giftig film får dubbel visning
Göran Holmquist, July 27, 2009
Smutsiga bananer
Mats Kolmisoppi, July 14, 2009
Bananthriller inspirerar unga filmare
Katarina Höije, November 9, 2009
– – – – –
Evidens för reproduktionstoxisk effekt hos kemikalie ignorerad
Läkartidningen
Maria Albin & Aleksander Giwercman, September 8, 2009
Har DOLE fått bananas?
Expressen
Luciano Astudillo, June 22, 2009
Oschyssta bananer!
Dagens Arena
Eva Brandsam, June 18, 2009
Bananas att stoppa "BANANAS!*"
City
Tara Moshizi, June 17, 2009
Totally Bananas!
Grym Film
June 17, 2009
Filmen som får Dole att gå bananas
Resumé
Peter Willebrand, June 16, 2009
Storföretag stoppar film om bananindustrin
Stockholms Fria
Kristian Borg, June 16, 2009
Bananjätte försöker stoppa svensk dokumentär
Aktuellt, SVT
June 15, 2009
Svenskfilmen får inte tävla
Aftonblandet
Kerstin Danielson, June 15, 2009
BANANAS!*
la vie en sportive
June 15, 2009
Gertten i stort bråk
Expressen
Claes Carlson, June 12, 2009
Så ville Dole styra SVT
Dagens Media
June 12, 2009
Bananhjärnorna på Dole
Netpiracy & Netliberty
Joakim Holgersson, June 12, 2009
Malmöfilmare får inte tävla på festival
Skånska Dagbladet
Fredrik Thunberg, June 11, 2009
Amerikanska banankompaniet Dole hotar stämma malmöfilmaren Fredrik Gertten för filmen Bananas
Rapport/Sydnytt, SVT
Charlotte Lundgren, June 11, 2009
Ny dokumentär från Gertten
Sydnytt, SVT
Charlotte Lundgren, June 8, 2009