La Operación (1982)

Original title

La operación

Directed by

Ana María García

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

40 min

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 6 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary examines the US government sterilization policies in Puerto Rico during the 1950s and 1960s. The filmmaker interviews women from different backgrounds who were sterilized and provides historical context for the practice.

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What happens

La Operación is a forty-minute documentary film by Ana María García about US-imposed sterilization policies in Puerto Rico. Produced by the Latin American Film Project and released in 1982, this film explores the mass sterilization of Puerto Rican women during the 1950s and 1960s. In the documentary, Garcia sheds light on the decades-long practice by conducting interviews with women of different ethnic and economic backgrounds who have undergone the sterilization procedure. In addition to these interviews, Garcia provides historical information regarding the conditions that led to the sterilization practice. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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