Pura Vida| 28mins
Director: Jan Nimmo | Producer: Jan Nimmo
Focus Years: 2006 | Country: United Kingdom
Synopsis:
We imagine Costa Rica as a tropical paradise, heaven on Earth... but Pura Vida exposes the social and environmental impact of the toxic agrochemicals 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 agrochemicals and their effects on workers... 
The film reveals the truth about intensive banana production and the threat of the rapidly expanding pineapple industry.
Sadly, after making the film, Carlos Arguedas died on 31st December 2010 and Costa Rica lost one of its most committed environmental campaigners and resilient trade unionists... Jan hopes that Pura Vida will play a modest part in keeping the memory of Carlos's work alive.
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