Synopsis:
"Do you know how the liberalization of trade and the politics of
the World Bank work in reality? No? Well I will explain it to you
through our example, nuts," says Mr. Peanut as he picks up a guitar
and, with the help of humorous songs, takes us to a nut plantation
in Senegal. We are also introduced to his relative, Mr. Cashew, in
Mozambique, and also witness the fate of the Brazil nut. This
dynamic collage of archival material, playful animation, and
entertaining songs fittingly captures the destructive results
caused by globalization and the controversial politics of the World
Bank and the International Monetary Fund on the previously
prospering nut farms in the developing world. The viewer is swept
through the stories of the cashew, brazil and ground nuts - all of
whom suffer as world trade is liberalized. But in America, the
peanut has a different story, being the luckiest nut in he world,
protected by tariffs and heavily subsidized, worth over four
billion dollars a year to the US economy. After screening to over 1
million people on Channel 4, the film has been in numerous
festivals, including the One World Human Rights Film Festival in
Prague. Christian Aid in the UK used the film and its characters in
the "Trade Rules are Nuts, Let's Crack'm!" campaign.
Synopsis:
"Do you know how the liberalization of trade and the politics of
the World Bank work in reality? No? Well I will explain it to you
through our example, nuts," says Mr. Peanut as he picks up a guitar
and, with the help of humorous songs, takes us to a nut plantation
in Senegal. We are also introduced to his relative, Mr. Cashew, in
Mozambique, and also witness the fate of the Brazil nut. This
dynamic collage of archival material, playful animation, and
entertaining songs fittingly captures the destructive results
caused by globalization and the controversial politics of the World
Bank and the International Monetary Fund on the previously
prospering nut farms in the developing world. The viewer is swept
through the stories of the cashew, brazil and ground nuts - all of
whom suffer as world trade is liberalized. But in America, the
peanut has a different story, being the luckiest nut in he world,
protected by tariffs and heavily subsidized, worth over four
billion dollars a year to the US economy. After screening to over 1
million people on Channel 4, the film has been in numerous
festivals, including the One World Human Rights Film Festival in
Prague. Christian Aid in the UK used the film and its characters in
the "Trade Rules are Nuts, Let's Crack'm!" campaign.