Blood of the Condor (1969)
- Original title
- Yawar mallku
- Directed by
- Jorge Sanjinés
- Genre
- thriller film
- Country
- Bolivia
- Runtime
- 1h 10m
- Rated
- +16
- Rating
- 7.2 of 10 from 25 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
An indigenous community in Bolivia accepts medical help from a US-backed organization only to discover it is secretly sterilizing their women. The film follows their struggle to understand and resist this violation.
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What happens
Blood of the Condor (Quechua: Yawar Mallku, Spanish: Sangre de cóndor) is a 1969 Bolivian docudrama film co-written and directed by Jorge Sanjinés and starring Marcelino Yanahuaya. The film tells the story of an indigenous Bolivian community receiving medical care from the Peace Corps-like United States-backed agency Cuerpo del Progreso ("Progress Corps") which is secretly sterilising local women. The story, which was based on accounts by the indigenous people to the filmmaker, provoked an outrage in the public which led to a government investigation about the Peace Corps' actions in Bolivia, which ended in the expulsion of the agency from the country. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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