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La operación / dirección y producción, Ana María García ; co-producción, Latin American Film Project ; servicio de producción, Skylight Pictures.
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sterilization of women--Puerto Rico.
- Sterilization of women.
- Sterilization (Birth control)--Puerto Rico.
- Sterilization (Birth control).
- Birth control--Puerto Rico.
- Birth control.
- Tubal sterilization--Puerto Rico.
- Tubal sterilization.
- Puerto Rico.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Nonfiction films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (40 minutes)
- Other Title:
- Academic Video Online.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Cinema Guild, 1982.
- Language Note:
- In English and Spanish dialogue with English subtitles.
- System Details:
- video file
- Summary:
- Puerto Rico has the highest incidence of female sterilization in the world. Over one-third of all Puerto Rican women of childbearing age have been sterilized. So common is the operation that it is simply known as 'la operacion.' Using newsreels and excerpts from government propaganda films, plus interviews with Puerto Rican women, doctors, birth control specialists and politicians, this film explores the controversial use of sterilization as a means of population control.
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed April 16, 2019).
- Won 1983 Amiens International Film Festival Golden Unicorn, Best Short Film
- OCLC:
- 1101011397
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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