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  1. Bananas!* (2010)

    Director
    Fredrik Gertten
    Subject
    Development studies; Environmental science; Law
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 87 minutes), £14.99

    On his biggest case ever, Juan "Accidentes" Dominguez is tackling Dole Food on behalf of twelve Nicaraguan banana workers in a ground-breaking legal battle for its use of a banned pesticide that was known...

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  2. Los Alamos (2004)

    Subject
    Development studies
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (PAL, 11 minutes), Free loan

    A short video in two parts. Part 1 is an eyewitness account of a strike in 2002 on the Los Alamos banana plantation, owned by Ecuador’s richest man, Alvaro Norba. During the dispute workers were demanding...

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  3. Bananas Unpeeled (2000)

    Subject
    Economics
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (PAL, 26 minutes), £10.00

    A film, introduced by Mark Thomas, investigating the social and environmental issues facing banana plantation workers and farmers in Latin America and the Caribbean, where harsh working conditions and...

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  4. Best of the Bunch, The (1998 Video)

    Subject
    Agriculture; Development studies
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 15 min., 1999 sale: £12.00 (inc VAT +p&p)

    A video-based teaching pack in which Mark Little interviews banana farmers in St Lucia, exploring the problems they face. He draws students into a discussion of the issues.

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  5. Bent World of the Banana, The (1994)

    Subject
    Agriculture; Development studies
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (PAL, 27 minutes), £10.00

    Shows the high human and environmental costs of banana production on large plantations. The companies who control the trade show no signs of accepting their responsibilities towards either their workers or...

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