by Daba
10769 Posts
hopped up out my bed. turn my swag on.
3 weeks ago
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4 months, 2 weeks ago
I want to see this film.
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Under threat of lawsuits by Dole, "Bananas!" was shown twice in June with a lengthy written disclaimer by Los Angeles Film Festival organizers who said it did not present a fair and accurate account but was worth showing as "a case study" of what happens when a story changes after a documentary is completed.
The lawsuit accused Gertten of "actual malice" for ignoring a court ruling that the case on which the film was based had been part of a massive extortion plot against Dole by attorney Juan J. Dominguez, the star of the film.
"Bananas!," which has the subtitle "On Trial for Malice," documents the alleged plight of Nicaraguan workers who say they were made sterile by the pesticide DBCP used at Dole banana plantations in the 1970s. It even accused Dole of causing the deaths of banana workers, something not alleged in lawsuits. It was completed before the fraud was uncovered showing that the men were never plantation workers and were recruited to lie by Dominguez and his Nicaraguan counterpart in a scheme that could have cost Dole $40 billion in damages.
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http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118005810.html?categoryid=13&cs=1&nid=2562
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by andross
2370 Posts
no girl can freak me, I'm just too nasty.
6 days, 17 hours ago
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4 months, 2 weeks ago
Looks interesting, to say the least.
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by Bob
1187 Posts
What are you doing right now?
3 months, 1 week ago
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4 months, 2 weeks ago
The produce industry can get into some crazy crap. I'd like to see this too.
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