Blood of the Condor (1969)
Yawar mallku
A community reacts against a group of foreigners who under the guise of development assistance are forcibly sterilizing the peasant women.
- Date of release
- 1969-11-20
- TMDB
- 7.3 / 10 (27)
- Runtime
- 1h 10m
- Genres
- Crime, Drama
- Director
- Jorge Sanjinés
Casting
- Marcelino Yanahuaya — Ignacio Mallku
- Benedicta Mendoza — Paulina
- Vicente Verneros Salinas — Sixto Mallku
- Danielle Caillet
- Felipe Vargas
Interesting facts
Blood of the Condor 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 which is secretly sterilising local women.
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