1 online resource (1 video file (40 min.)) : sound, color
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
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1982
Credits
Cinematography, Tom Sigel ; editors, Peter Ki
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In English and Spanish dialogue with English subtitles
Title from title screen (viewed January 16, 2024)
Won 1983 Amiens International Film Festival Golden Unicorn, Best Short Film
