01 Sep 1985
Harvest of Peace
Portrait of a group of 150 U.S. citizens who spent two weeks participating in the cotton harvest in a remote village in Nicaragua, seeing for themselves the impact of the U.S.-backed Contra war.
Bananas!*
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?
Top Billed Cast
Byron Rosales Romero Himself
Juan J. Dominguez Himself
Duane Miller Himself
Rick McKnight Himself
David Delorenzo Himself
Mercedes Del Carmen Romero Herself
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