Law Practice
Jun. 23, 2009
Over Objections, 'Documentary' About Banana Workers Is Screened
The Los Angeles Film Festival screened a purported documentary on the plight of Dole plantation workers in Nicaragua despite a judge's ruling that much of the claims made against the company were based on fraud.
By Catherine Ho
Daily Journal Staff Writer LOS ANGELES - For 80 minutes, personal injury attorney Juan Dominguez bounds across the movie screen as a crusader for the wronged everyman, helping poor Nicaraguan farmers seek justice for infertility caused by exposure to a dangerous pesticide Dole sprayed on Central American plantations. But the documentary "Bananas!" is nothing more than a bundle of lies, accuses Dole, which is threatening legal acti...
Daily Journal Staff Writer LOS ANGELES - For 80 minutes, personal injury attorney Juan Dominguez bounds across the movie screen as a crusader for the wronged everyman, helping poor Nicaraguan farmers seek justice for infertility caused by exposure to a dangerous pesticide Dole sprayed on Central American plantations. But the documentary "Bananas!" is nothing more than a bundle of lies, accuses Dole, which is threatening legal acti...
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