La operación (1982)
Documentary on the mass sterilization of Puerto Rican women during the 1950s and '60s.
- Date of release
- 1982-06-17
- TMDB
- 6.9 / 10 (6)
- Runtime
- 40m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Director
- Ana María García
Casting
- Helen Rodríguez — Herself
- Vicente Acevedo Ballester — Himself
- Frank Bonilla — Himself
- Antonio Silva — Himself
- Gretchen Calindo — Narrator
- Orlando Castellanos — Narrator
- Emanuel Llescas — Narrator
- Frank Alcarin — Narrator
Interesting facts
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.
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