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Banana Land: Blood, Bullets & Poison (2013)

You'll never feel good about buying bananas again.

ジャンル : ドキュメンタリー

上映時間 : 1時間 11分

演出 : Jason Glaser

シノプシス

Why is the price of a banana from Central America only a third of that of an apple from Michigan? This documentary attempts to answer that question by examining the supply chain between Central America and the US, and uncovering the violence that has enabled the banana industry for more than a century.

出演

Dorothy Conway
Dorothy Conway
Narrator

製作陣

Jason Glaser
Jason Glaser
Producer
Jason Glaser
Jason Glaser
Director
José Luís Ríos
José Luís Ríos
Director of Photography
Kate Simko
Kate Simko
Music
Mike Endicott
Mike Endicott
Art Direction

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