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The Fruit Hunters
2012 · Film · documentary · 95 min
Directed by Yung Chang
The Fruit Hunters explores the little known subculture and history of rare fruit hunters who travel the globe in an obsessive search for the exotic, in this stylish and sometimes erotic documentary.
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Anyone who loves fruit should watch The Fruit Hunters:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2182169/
But do domesticated ones even have the structures to pollinate?
Yes, the seeds in Cavendish bananas are rare but viable.
There was a Canadian documentary a few years ago that featured a Honduran banana breeder: http://modernfarmer.com/2015/05/review-the-fruit-hunters/
And here's a recent PBS segment that covers just banana breeding: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/inside-the-fight-to-save-the-bananas-we-know-and-love/