La operación (1982)
40m
Running Time
June 17, 1982Release Date
Plot.
Documentary on the mass sterilization of Puerto Rican women during the 50s and 60s.
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Helen Rodríguez
Herself
Ana María García
Director
Vicente Acevedo Ballester
Himself
Frank Bonilla
Himself
Antonio Silva
Himself
Gretchen Calindo
Narrator
Orlando Castellanos
Narrator
Emanuel Llescas
Narrator
Frank Alcarin
Narrator
Newton Thomas Sigel
Director of Photography
Pamela Yates
Sound
Peter Kinoy
Editor
Roy Brown
Music
Blanca Vázquez
Associate Producer
Monica Melamid
Associate Producer
Jorge Abello
Editor
Details.
Wiki.
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.