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When Scottish artist, Jan Nimmo, travels to Ecuador, the world's largest exporter of bananas, to gather workers' testimonies, she observes the formation of the first trade unions in the banana sector for 30 years. The Los Alamos banana workers decide to go on strike for the most basic of rights. But the company which owns the plantation, Bonita Brands, is owned by Alvaro Noboa, Ecuador's richest man and serial presidential candidate. Alvaro Noboa…
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We imagine Costa Rica as a tropical Paradise, Heaven on Earth...but Pura Vida exposes the social and environmental impact of toxic agro-chemicals used to grow bananas and pineapples for export to Europe. Scottish artist, Jan Nimmo, travels to Costa Rica to meet Carlos Arguedas Mora, trade unionist and passionate environmental campaigner and Dr Catharina Wesseling, a scientist with a long track record of researching agro-chemicals and their effects…
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Imaginamos Costa Rica como un paraíso tropical...pero "Pura Vida" expone el impacto social y ambiental de los agroquímos toxicos que se emplean para cultivar bananos y piñas para exportación a Europa. Artista escocésa, Jan Nimmo, viaja a Costa Rica para encontrarse con Carlos Arguedas Mora, sindicalista y ambientalista apasionado y con la Dra. Catharina Wesseling, una scientista con una larga carrera de investigación sobre los agroquímos y los effectos…
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A video installation filmed on the "Eco Turismo" plantation on the outskirts of Siquirres, Costa Rica for Jan Nimmo's Green Gold Project. The film follows the process of getting bananas from the plantation where the are grown to the packing plant where they are processed and packed for export. This was made possible thanks to the owner, Fernando. "Eco Turismo" is one of the few trade union friendly plantations.
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Costa Rica es uno de los países más hermosos del mundo pero la tierra y las aguas están contaminadas por el coctél de agroquímicos que se aplica para cultivar bananos y piñas en una escala industrial... Paraiso Evenenado fue hecho para la campania Frutas Justas http://www.frutasjustas.org - para saber mas sobre los imapctos sociales y ambientales de los agroquímicos vea "Pura Vida" http://vimeo.com/18953426
Green Gold Channel
This channel features films made by artist and filmmaker, Jan Nimmo, for Green Gold. Jan has been gathering testimonies and making portraits of banana and pineapple workers since 2000. Green Gold is a collaborative art project where workers' stories are highlighted through a variety of media including documentary film, portraits, testimonies, installation and photography. The project aims to build a bridge between workers
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