The Big Banana / ArtMattan Productions .
2011
PN1997
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Title
The Big Banana / ArtMattan Productions .
Published
[Place of publication not identified] : ArtMattan Productions, [2011]
Distributed
New York, N.Y. : Distributed by Infobase, 2017.
Copyright
©2011
Language
English
Language Note
Closed-captioned.
Description
1 online resource (1 video file (1 hr., 26 min., 53 sec.)) : sound, color
Call Number
PN1997
Distributor No.
145116 Infobase
System Control No.
(OCoLC)1031086519
Summary
Banned in Cameroon, "The Big Banana" illustrates the poor working conditions in banana plantations, and exposes the adverse impact on the people of a corporatocratic government that affords super-profits for corporations at the expense of the local population. "The Big Banana" outlines land grabbing tactics by the company, Plantation du Haut Penja (PHP), and the ensuing devastation for communities: poverty, pollution, and sickness from pesticides. Bieleu, who spent two years filming residents in the remote countryside of Cameroon also features local cooperatives resisting the devastation through business alliances with fair trade organizations. As a result, The Big Banana not only exposes multinational corporations culpability in the land grab of Africa but also makes us reconsider where we get our fruit from.
Note
Originally released by ArtMattan Productions, 2011.
Title from distributor's description
Title from distributor's description
Formatted Contents Note
The Big Banana: Introduction (4:18); A Living Wage (3:53); Conflicting Views of PHP (5:32); PHP's Retaliation (3:58); Importing the Bananas (2:54); Exploiting Cameroon Folktales (2:13); Poisoning the Farmers (10:44); Polluting the Groundwater (3:26); Non-Standard Banana Sales (4:47); History of Local Cameroon Farming (8:40); What Will Locals Eat? (9:59); Feeding Cameroon (3:59); Politics of Banana Trade (7:37); Fair Trade Agreements (7:52); Changing the Global Standard (2:56); Credits: The Big Banana (2:11);
Audience
9 - 12, Academic/AP
Digital File Characteristics
video file
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