La Operación / dirección y producción, Ana María García ; co-producción, Latin American Film Project ; servicio de producción, Skylight Pictures.

"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 in...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Latin American Film Project (Production company) Skylight Pictures (Firm) (Production company) Cinema Guild (Publisher)
Other Authors:	García, Ana María (Writer on film) (Film producer, Film director) Cohen, Robert (Narrator)
Language:	English Spanish
Language of the Original:	English Spanish
Language and/or Writing System:	English and Spanish dialogue with English subtitles.
Published:	New York : Distributed by the Cinema Guild, [2007]
Subjects:	Sterilization of women > Puerto Rico. Sterilization (Birth control) > Puerto Rico. Birth control > Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico > Population. Population Control. Sterilization, Tubal > utilization. Birth control. Population. Sterilization (Birth control) Sterilization of women. Puerto Rico. Documentary. Documentary films. Nonfiction films. Feature films. Feature films > Puerto Rico.
Genre:	Documentary. Documentary films. Nonfiction films. Feature films. Feature films
Physical Description:	1 videodisc (40 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:	Video DVD

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