Fredrik Gertten

Carl Fredrik von Gertten was a Swedish filmmaker and journalist Gertten had a prolific career spanning journalism across continentsAfrica Latin America Asia and Europethrough the 1980s and 1990s In 1995 he authored the travel book Ung man söker världen Young Man Looking for the World under the Gong Gong förlag publishing His journalistic contributions extended to newspapers like Arbetet until its closure in 2000 and Kvällsposten from 2001 to 2003 Gertten ventured into television production producing documentaries and entertainment shows for Swedish channels SVT TV 4 and TV 3 Notably in 2009 his production company faced a defamation lawsuit from Dole Food Company following the US screening of Bananasa documentary exploring a conflict between Dole and Nicaraguan banana plantation workers over alleged sterility cases linked to the pesticide DBCP The court eventually ruled in favor of Gerttens production company inspiring his 2011 documentary Big Boys Gone Bananas highlighting the legal battle