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  schema location: http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-2.xsd
  title info:
    title: Big boys gone bananas!*
  name:
    name part: Gertten, Fredrik
    role:
      role term: director,
    role:
      role term: narrator.
  name:
    name part: Jangård, Margarete
    role:
      role term: producer.
  name:
    name part: Sveriges television
    role:
      role term: production company.
  name:
    name part: Film i Skåne
    role:
      role term: production company.
  name:
    name part: WG Film (Firm)
    role:
      role term: presenter.
  type of resource: moving image
  genre: videorecording
  genre: Documentaries and Factual Films
  genre: documentary film.
  genre: Documentary films
  genre: Trials, litigation, etc.
  genre: Documentary films.
  genre: Documentaires.
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: cau
    date issued: 2011
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    reformatting quality: access
    form: remote
    extent: 1 online resource (57 min.)
  abstract: What is the impact on freedom of speech and the press when a big corporation attempts to suppress criticism and manipulate the media? Documentary filmmaker Fredrik Gertten found out when he debuted his previous film, BANANAS!, which portrays the struggle of 12 Nicaraguan plantation workers who brought a lawsuit challenging fruit giant Dole Food's use of a banned pesticide. Shortly after BANANAS! was selected to premiere at the Los Angeles Film Festival, Gertten received an unsettling note that the festival had withdrawn the film from competition. Soon after, a scathing article about the film appeared in the L.A Business Journal. Within weeks, the filmmaker was embroiled in a major legal and public relations battle with Dole to save their premiere, their film, their reputations, and their freedom of speech. Corporate efforts to censor criticism gain startling immediacy as Gertten decides to film the whole confrontation with Dole. Eventually, he takes the offensive, filing a countersuit and organizing a media campaign of his own to challenge Dole's tactics. The resulting film, BIG BOYS GONE BANANAS!*, is a dramatic cautionary tale about corporate power and press manipulation, a reminder of the importance of independent film in today's more timid media world, and a case study of how individuals can fight back to protect freedom of speech and encourage a truly free press. The film would be useful in a variety of classes, including journalism, film, law, business, ethics and environmental policy.
  target audience: adult
  note: WG Film presents ; in co-production with SVT, Film i Skåne ; producer, Margarete Jangård ; a film by Fredrik Gertten.
  note: Title from resource description page (viewed March 03, 2017).
  note: Fredrik Gertten, Alfonso Allende, Alex Rivera.
  note: In English.
  note: Directed by Fredrik Gertten.
  subject:
    geographic code: n-us---
  subject:
    name:
      name part: Gertten, Fredrik
    topic: Trials, litigation, etc
  subject:
    name:
      name part: Dole Food Company
    topic: Trials, litigation, etc
  subject:
    name:
      name part: Dow Chemical Company
    topic: Trials, litigation, etc
  subject:
    name:
      name part: Gertten, Fredrik
  subject:
    name:
      name part: Dole Food Company
  subject:
    name:
      name part: Dow Chemical Company
  subject:
    topic: Torts
    geographic: United States
  subject:
    topic: Responsabilité civile
    geographic: États-Unis
  subject:
    topic: Torts
  subject:
    geographic: United States
  classification: 346.7303
  related item:
    title info:
      title: Academic Video Online
  identifier: http://proxy.library.tamu.edu/login
  record info:
    record content source: ALSTP
    record creation date: 170303
    record change date: 20241201232950.4
    record identifier: in00005585330
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng