Something is Stirring Under the Banana Trees
Verzio FF Submission The Central America republics have been called banana republics since the United Fruit Company was set up in the region. Since then, the banana-growing sector has developed as a closed, self-contained world. “Something is Stirring Under the Banana Trees” follows a labor dispute...
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| Institution: | Open Society Archives at Central European University |
| Language: | Spanish |
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Sensemaya
2009
Spain |
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10891/osa:e050a21f-a075-4194-a399-36f13153c50c |
| Summary: | Verzio FF Submission
The Central America republics have been called banana republics since the United Fruit Company was set up in the region. Since then, the banana-growing sector has developed as a closed, self-contained world. “Something is Stirring Under the Banana Trees” follows a labor dispute in the banana plantations of Morales, in the north of Guatemala. This documentary exposes the sealed world of the banana plantations, focusing on a labor conflict which includes death threats, assaults on the trade union, a mass trial against the attackers and, finally, the forced exile of the threatened union workers. |
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| Published: | 2009 |