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DJ Our Soundtrack varmer op inden vi lægger ud med kortfilmen Be here now af Jacob Lundgaard Andersen, med blandt andet Al Agami.

Efter kortfilmen viser vi Fredrik Gerttens film Bananas!* om plantage arbejdernes kamp mod den mulitnationale virksomhed Dole

Om Bananas!*

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 sterilized workers. Can he beat the giant, or will the corporation get away with it as they always do? In the suspenseful documentary BANANAS!*, filmmaker Fredrik Gertten sheds new light on the global politics of food.

One third of the production price of the average banana is used simply to cover the cost of pesticides. All over the world, banana plantation workers are suffering and dying from the effects of these pesticides. Juan Dominguez, a million-dollar personal injury lawyer in Los Angeles, is on his biggest case ever representing over 10,000 Nicaraguan banana workers claiming to be afflicted by a pesticide known as Nemagon. Dole Food and Dow Chemicals are on trial.

Another banana worker is being buried in a small northern town in Nicaragua. For his whole life, Alberto Rosales used his machete to remove weeds from below the banana plants. His last years were filled with pain, a body that was itching all night — and in the end his kidneys stopped working. Inside the church, filled with friends and family, Father Bayardo begins his sermon. It’s not about Alberto Rosales after awhile. It’s about pesticides.

He is accusing landowners and US transnationals of immoral practices which he says cause the death and suffering of many members of his community.

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Filmen starter kl. 20.00

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