stay moomin!

For all the ruckus this film made, The dole Wikipedia page now has no mention of the incident, or subsequent films, aside from a small link in the references that someone forgot to remove!

Hej Fredrik och Margarete!


I just saw the movie on DVD and I must say it was one of the most inspiring movies I have ever seen! Anyone who is planing to change the world should start today with seeing this movie.


It was really great to see how much courage you had to decide to fight and continue fighting with this inhuman machinery. Huge respect for that.


Beside support from the parliament (although we are talking about Sweden here, it was still unexpected :) reaction on the whole process that came from max and grocery stores proves that you have succeded to make a change and that is important!


// r.

Caro Fredrik Gertten,


Assisti ao documentário BANANAS na noite de ontem numa emissora brasileira denominada TV CULTURA que só transmite em sua programação conteúdos que fazem as pessoas raciocinarem sobre os acontecimentos sérios que acontecem no mundo.


Eu quero agradecer imensamente a você e toda a sua equipe pelo belíssimo documentário que realizou. Quero, também, parabenizá-lo pela coragem, postura ética e determinação que você e toda sua equipe tiveram diante de todas as dificuldades que lhe foram impostas pela empresa em questão.


Sou professora de comunicação aqui no Brasil, moro em São Paulo e vou utilizar seu documentário em minhas aulas.


Obrigada, mais uma vez, o mundo necessita de muitos, muitos e muitos homens GRANDES em todos os aspectos e corajosos como você!


Obrigada por existir e por demonstrar que os verdadeiros heróis não estão nas historias em quadrinhos e sim, eles existem na vida real! Você é um deles!


Muitíssimo obrigada!


Luisa Helena Alves da Silva

I also saw the movie in the Brazilian TV Cultura. It’s a great peace showing how big corporations become a sort of parallel authoritarian state. They could’ve smashed you if it was not for the Sweedish democratic reaction. You really got nerves!

Congratulations! I also just saw the movie here in Brazil. It’s very nice that TV Cultura showed your film here. People need to know this story. The film discusses an issue that goes far beyond this actual case of Dole. As Dole has so many others companies. The film talks about a distressful situation. Great film!

Hello, Fredrik. I have just seen the Big Boys Gone Bananas documentary on a Brazilian state television network. Congratulations on this amazing job you guys have done. I would like to thank you and the Swedish parliament, for democracy and freedom of speech must be cherished. Always.

Hello Fredrik and Margarete, I just wanted to tell you that your Big Boys Gone Bananas film was presented tonight in the Brazilian TV, broadcasted by TV Cultura, a public broadcast tv station. I was not aware of your Bananas documentary or of your struggle to make thruth prevail. I just wanted you to know you are a good people. And the world needs good men and women, so I am very happy to know about your story. Thank you very, very much. And to Dole, their lawyers, their RP company and the employess that supported this shameful campaign and the wrongdoings of this lousy company all I can say is: I will do my best to let others know about this documentary and the practices of your company. Shame on you.

Congratulations Frederik and your team for defending the freedom of speech and the truth!!

Bravo Fredrik Gertten. Your tenacity has opened the eyes of many people here in the USA…we stand in humble honor to your wonderful documentary. Dole Products will never again cross the threshhold of my family home.
I hope that you will come to San Francisco and show your film and answer questions for the many people from our liberal minded area.


Dole…shame, shame, shame!

I have just returned home from our Traveling World Community Film Festival in Grand Forks, B.C., Canada where your film “Big Boys Gone Bananas” was viewed by a very enthusiastic audience. I highly respect your integrity, your fortitude and your tenancity.


Regards

Lori Lum

Large companies like Dole are infringing upon our democracy both in political elections and in the world of journalism where it threatens our very freedom of speech. Go Fredrik Gertten! This is a fight for not just your film but for freedom and democracy everywhere and for everyone.

I watched this spectacular film at the World Community Film Festival in Courtenay, BC Canada on Feb 1. I am an organizer with the Victoria Peace Coalition, a volunteer grassroots group. We are holding a series of media workshops to examine exactly what your film has provided as a case study. All our events are free as we are committed to education as part of the commons. may we show Big Boys Gone Bananas!? We could send you back video of the discussion.

Incredible, who’s hands are we all completely on? I am more and more convinced that we have to be moving steadfastly towards communism and socialism, in spite of the fact that the wonderful conservatory swedish spokesman also wanted to contribute to the freedom, very rare indeed. Your and our situation is eveybody’s same old stories in the world’s courts, all fighting about the money and all disregarding all of our brothers for the money, such infidels deserve to be bombarded too, that’s my medicine, enough is enough.

I recently seen Big boys gone bananas & was really impressed on how a big corporation such as dole was taken head on & over powered.

I’ve always wanted to she’d a light on the family court system here in the states. From the documentary I’ve seen , you guys fight for the little guys. Who else is smaller than regular citizens compared to the United States government. All I’m asking is if you would just look into family court & child support cases.

Watching the film now….Dole…what a crew of scumbags!!!

On another note…..you guys do realize that quite a bit of the translated text, being in white, is lost against the white backgrounds…like when the guy from MAX explains why they pulled the Dole products from their restaurants……kind of frustrating to miss so much. Good film all the same.

thankyou for the insight into our so called democracy, for us the message is loud and clear … no DOLE products in our households ever again

Hi, I saw the doc this week in Holland. Great David-Goliath-story about freedom of press. I’ve got a question: what’s the exact word used in the movie for Dole making false reviews on the internet about Bananas? (Unfortunately I forgot)