Bananas!* (2009)
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?
Genre: Documentary
Director: Fredrik Gertten
Actors: Byron Rosales Romero, David Delorenzo, Duane Miller, Juan J. Dominguez, Mercedes Del Carmen Romero, Rick McKnight
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