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BIG BOYS GONE BANANAS!*
JUNE 28
5 June 2012
DOCVILLE
MONTREAL PREMIERES OF THE YEAR'S BEST DOCUMENTARIES
The RIDM is coming back June 28th with the screening of Big Boys Gone Bananas!* from the director Fredrik Gertten.
In 2009, RIDM screened a Swedish documentary called Bananas!*, which chronicled Nicaraguan banana plantation workers’ lawsuit against the Dole corporation for exposing them to a pesticide that caused sterility. The documentary about the massive trial, whose outcome could have set a valuable precedent for thousands of exploited workers, was highly successful around the world. But there’s another part of the story: without even seeing the film, Dole did everything it could to suppress it.
Big Boys Gone Bananas!* is the story of Dole’s attacks on Bananas!*, from its première at the Los Angeles Film Festival to the long media and legal fight the filmmakers had to wage to save their film, careers, reputation and freedom of speech. A gut-wrenching but fascinating look at how some corporations use their immense political and economic power to try to silence documentary cinema.
BIG BOYS GONE BANANAS!*
Director: Fredrik Gertten
Sweden, 2012, 88 min, English and Swedish with French subtitles.
JUNE 28, 2012 - 7pm
Cinéma Exencentris - 3536 Boulevard Saint-Laurent
On the last Thursday of every month, movie lovers will be treated to the Montreal premiere of a high-quality documentary that has enjoyed recent success on the international festival circuit.
Tickets will be available at the Excentris Cinema as of January 6 ($11 or $8.50 for students and seniors).
Presented in collaboration with Ubisoft, Télé-Québec, Excentris, Cinema Politica and SUCO Solidarité Union Coopération.
DATES:
LAST THURSDAY OF EVERY MONTH: JANUARY 26 (BOMBAY BEACH), FEBRUARY 23 (DUCH: MASTER OF THE FORGES OF HELL), MARCH 29 (WHORES' GLORY), APRIL 26 (CRULIC: THE PATH TO BEYOND), MAY 31 (L'ÉTÉ DE GIACOMO), JUNE 28 (BIG BOYS GONE BANANAS!*), AUGUST 30, SEPTEMBER 27
VENUE:
EXCENTRIS CINEMA - 3536, BOUL. ST-LAURENT, MONTRÉAL
$50 MOVIE CARD (8 TICKETS FOR THE SCREENING(S) OF YOUR CHOICE) ON SALE HERE AND AT THE EXCENTRIS CINEMA
*A confirmation email will be sent within 24 hours after the payment.
