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?
Direction
Gertten turns legal docs into a thriller—then gets sued for it.
Writing
Corporate emails so evil you'll never trust a produce sticker again.
Director
Fredrik Gertten
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Dole's attempted injunction made this small doc internationally famous—the Streisand effect in corporate litigation form.
The pesticide DBCP was banned in the US in 1979; Dole kept using it in Latin America for years. The film reveals how 'banned' doesn't mean 'gone' when profits move borders.
DK
US
