When Banana Ruled
MovieTitle | La Loi de la banane |
User score | 8 |
Release date | Nov 21, 2017 |
Genre | Documentary, History, TV Movie |
Director | Mathilde Damoisel |
Production country | France |
Production companies | Quark Productions, ARTE |
Run time | 54 min. |
The abusive harvest of a simple fruit built an empire: the United Fruit Company. A fruit that conquered the markets of the world, but devastated Central America. The amazing story of the banana: pioneers of globalized capitalism, dictators of banana republics, revolutionaries, the inventor of modern advertising, tons of bananas, bloody shades of yellow. The story of a ruthless enterprise, without borders or rules to respect, except the cruel law of supply and demand…