The adorable little VW helps its owners break up a counterfeiting ring in Mexico.
A simple task to find fruit is anything but.
A thriller about a killer banana.
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?
For consumers, bananas are a delicious and nutritious start to the day, a healthy snack and a fixture in our fruit bowls. For millions of residents in the banana lands, the production of bananas means social upheaval, violence and pesticide poisoning. Banana Land explores the origins of these disparate realities, and opens the conversation on how workers, producers and consumers can address this disconnect.
A propaganda short commissioned by the United Fruit Company on the benefits they bring to Central America, such as creating jobs and delivering educational opportunities, which is something the Soviet Union could never understand.
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.
Gardons la banane !
Billig. Billiger. Banane
Within a banana plantation and a botanic garden, a panel of botanic experts are challenged to discuss contemporary trends in gardening, scientific classification, and monocultural crops by an astute interviewer. The hidden politics of the experts’ positions are uncomfortably exposed and confronted with reality, as they render themselves suspicious of their own language.
A tramp heads home drunk on a Saturday night, finding it hard to make it to his room. When he finally does, he cannot make it to his bed.
A normal teenager is transported to a Monty Pythonesque medieval fantasy land where an odd, adamant knight takes him on a quest.
Busenfreunde 2 - Alles wird gut!
When a family man suffers brain death, his extended family gathers around him as he is about to be taken off life support, and make plans to divide up his money.
Hüseyin, the richest and most promiscuous man in town and owner of a white goods store, introduces new items to the townspeople when he brings new items to town, such as under-the-counter air conditioners and double-door refrigerators. One day, Hüseyin crosses paths with two Russian girls (Cicişler). He brings the Cicişler to the town dressed in sheets.
A businessman is reincarnated as a housekeeper, who works for his widow and son.
Mein Papa mit der kalten Schnauze