Cinema Deep in the Jungle

Banana scandal caught on camera

Swedish documentary reveals the reality of the lives of Nicaraguan banana plantation workers

Juan José Domínguez was watching television when he saw a report on CNN about the workers of a banana plantation in Latin America trying to sue their employers, Dole Food Company. At the end of the 1970s they had been exposed to the pesticide DBCP after its being banned and even recalled by the produtcion company Dow Chemicals. The years passed and many of the workers were found to be sterile; cases of cancer were also reported. Continue Reading

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