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Dole stämmer filmarna bakom Bananas!

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Filmen, som handlar om nicaraguanska fruktarbetare och deras rättsliga strid med Dole och bolagets användning av det förbjudna växtgiftet DBCP, har väckt starka reaktioner hos Dole. Fruktjätten anser att filmen far med osanningar och att företagets 75.000 anställda därmed lidit personlig skada. Dole har ännu inte framställt sina skadeståndskrav, men kräver att filmen inte visas och att filmens regissör aldrig får uttala sig om företaget. – Det är ju inte jag som har spridit gift på fruktplantager i Nicaragua. Min film bara visar när en hög chef i Doles ledning, i en amerikansk rättssal, medger att företaget använt giftet trots att det är förbjudet. För mig handlar det inte om mig, utan är en större grundläggande demokratisk fråga, som berör alla filmare, journalister och författare. Ett stort företag som Dole kan ju aldrig få en ensamrätt över att beskriva ett stort mänskligt drama som pågått flera år i Nicaragua, säger Fredrik Gertten till Dagens Nyheter http://www.dn.se/kultur-noje/nyheter/stor-advokatbyra-foretrader-bananas... Sedan flera år tillbaka bedriver nicaraguanska forskare forskningsprojekt kring yrkesmedicin som både direkt och indirekt berör pesticider och bananarbetarnas situation. Mer information om detta kommer! Om filmen (engelska) 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 was known by the company to cause sterility. Can he beat the giant, or will the corporation get away with it? 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 pesticides1. 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. Till filmens hemsida http://www.bananasthemovie.com/ Se ett klipp ur filmen: http://www.dn.se/webbtv/film-ljud/bananas-trailer-1.908061 Vill du veta mer om vad som görs för att förbättra hälsosituationen för nicaraguanska arbetare? Centrumet för Forskning kring Arbete, Miljö och Hälsa (CISTA) är en enhet vid fakulteten för medicinska vetenskaper vid UNAN-universitetet i León, som skapats för att bidra till förändring av landet och regionen genom att främja hälsosamma miljöer och arbetsplatser. Klicka på länken för att läsa mer om CISTA http://www.exitnicaragua.net/sv/node/235
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Enviado por Redaktionen el Mar, 2009-08-18 16:05.
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Anti S.L.A.P motion

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Enviado por David Isaksson el Vie, 2009-09-11 13:14.
In response to a defamation lawsuit brought by Dole Food Company, Inc. against the makers of the documentary film BANANAS!*, attorneys for filmmakers Fredrik Gertten, Margarete Jangård and WG Film today filed a Motion to Strike Dole's Complaint under California's Anti-SLAPP statute, which allows the court to dismiss meritless lawsuits filed for the purpose of stifling protected speech. Lathrop & Gage attorney Lincoln Bandlow serves as lead attorney in this matter. As set forth in the motion, the film BANANAS!* provides a balanced account of issues surrounding the treatment of banana workers and covers one of the many lawsuits filed by Nicaraguan banana workers against Dole and other companies regarding the adverse health effects suffered by workers as a result of the use of the pesticide DBCP in banana fields. Dole's lawsuit, as set forth in the motion, simply seeks to "poison the fountain of free speech" by intimidating anyone who speaks out on this important issue of public concern who does not comport with Dole's "spin" on recent events pertaining to DBCP litigation. In addition to filing an Anti-SLAPP Motion, WG Film also filed a Cross-Complaint against Dole, seeking to recover damages for Dole's improper tactics in interfering with the film's premiere and its participation in the Los Angeles Film Festival. As set forth in the Cross-Complaint, by "recklessly and falsely attack[ing] WG Film's integrity and competency as a documentary film maker to the heads of corporate sponsors of the Festival" and making "similar false and defamatory statements to the General Consul and Ambassador from Sweden," Dole caused the film to be removed from competition and clouded the film's world premiere, causing the filmmakers substantial damage. "We are very pleased that the truth about our film will finally be known and that the public will see that this lawsuit was simply an effort by Dole to silence the public discussion of important issues," said Gertten, the director of the film. Mr. Bandlow added that "if there ever was a lawsuit that cried out for the speech-protecting mechanism of California's Anti-SLAPP statute, it is Dole's absurd defamation action. We are confident that once the Court sees the actual film, rather than Dole's patently false description of it in the complaint, this action will be summarily dismissed, my clients can proceed with the film's distribution and seek to recover the damages suffered by Dole's censorship-by-intimidation tactics." Get the full "Anti-SLAPP" motion on www.bananasthemovie.com

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