MAG3
It was
desde aquí.
Installationen
Kaffee-Bodega in der Nähe von Managua
17/18. Februar 2013
Consuelo Mora Benard, Moisés Mora, Juan Carlos Mendoza, Darwin Andino, José Montealegre, Reni Hofmüller, Jogi Hofmüller, Florian Sorgo, Milo Strauß, Leo Kreisel-Strausz

Präsentation des gemeinsamen Buches desde aquí. von hier aus.
mit den Bananenarbeiter/innen aus El Viejo und dem Colectivo Veinti3
Parque Central, El Viejo, Chinandega, Nicaragua
Sonntag, 24. Februar 2013, 15 Uhr

Präsentation des gemeinsamen Buches desde aquí. von hier aus.
mit dem Colectivo Veinti3 und Florian Sorgo, Leo Kreisel-Strausz und Reni Hofmüller via Skype
Centro Cultural de Espana en Nicaragua, Managua
Mittwoch, 6. März 2013, 19 Uhr

Ausstellungen
von hier aus. desde aquí. Nicaragua-Österreich 2013
Canal Imaginario
3. bis 24. Mai 2013
RHIZOM in der KEPLERKOJE
Wickenburggasse 40 &
raum UND - Kebap Efendi
Brockmanngasse 31 beide 8010 Graz

aktuelle kunst in graz
3. bis 5. Mai 2013
Projektvorstellung
von hier aus. desde aquí. Nicaragua 2013
Canal Imaginario
im Rahmen von aktuelle kunst in graz
Freitag, 3. Mai 2013
RHIZOM in der KEPLERKOJE
Führung mit Thomas Miessgang
im Rahmen von aktuelle kunst in graz
Sonntag, 5. Mai 2013
RHIZOM in der KEPLERKOJE

La Cumbiadera a la Javier Urrutia y Colectivo Veinti3
Nach Anleitung vom Kunstkollektiv Veinti3 übersetzen wir das Musik-Tanz-Live-Zeichnungsding,
das die Gruppe einmal im Monat in Managua organisiert.
Samstag, 11. Mai 2013
raum UND - Kebap Efendi
Film-Dokumentationen
"bananas!*" und "Big boys gone bananas!*" von Fredrik Gertten
Originalfassungen mit deutschen Untertiteln

First there was a film about banana workers saying the Dole Food Company had made them infertile. Then Dole attacked the filmmakers. Now it's time for a new film! World Premiere at IDFA, the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam 2011. North American Premiere in the World Cinema Documentary Competition at the Sundance Film Festival 2012.

BIG BOYS GONE BANANAS!* THE TRUE STORY ABOUT A SWEDISH FILMMAKER, A BANANA CORPORATION`S DIRTY TRICKS, MEDIA MANIPULATION, LAWSUITS AND THE PRICE OF FREE SPEECH. What is a big corporation capable of doing in order to protect its brand?
Recently, Swedish documentary filmmaker Fredrik Gertten experienced this personally. His previous film BANANAS!* recounts the lawsuit that 12 Nicaraguan plantation workers successfully brought against the fruit giant Dole Food Company. That film was selected for competition by the 2009 Los Angeles Film Festival. Nothing wrong so far, right? But then just before leaving Sweden to attend the Los Angeles world premiere of his film, Gertten gets a strange message: the festival has decided to remove BANANAS!* from competition. Then, a scathing, controversial and misinformed article appears on the cover of the Los Angeles Business Journal about the film a week before the premiere. And subsequently, Gertten receives a letter from Dole's attorneys threatening legal action if the film is shown at this festival and to cease and desist. What follows is an unparalleled story that Gertten captured on film. He filmed this entire process of corporate bullying and media spin - from DOLE attacking the producers with a defamation lawsuit, utilizing scare tactics, to media-control and PR-spin.

BIG BOYS GONE BANANAS!* can be seen as a thriller and a cautionary tale. But, mostly this is a personal story about what happened to Gertten, as a documentary filmmaker and to his company and how the livelihood of documentary filmmakers can be easily put into jeopardy. This powerful film reveals precisely how a multinational will stop at nothing to get its way -
freedom of speech is at stake. As Dole's public relations company puts it, "It is easier to cope with a bad conscience than a bad reputation".

Trailer, texts and images are online at www.bigboysgonebananas.com

Read the full story on www.bananasthemovie.com

BIG BOYS GONE BANANAS!* IS PRODUCED BY WG FILM

¡Muchas Gracias! an WG Film, Schweden und Autlook Filmsales GmbH, Österreich für die einmaligen unentgeltlichen Aufführungsrechte.

Mit Unterstützung des Kulturamtes der Stadt Graz, der Kulturabteilung des Landes Steiermark und des Bundesministerium für Unterricht, Kunst und Kultur Danke lieber Hans Georg Tropper!
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