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
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
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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