FILM
Yawwar mallku (Blood of the Condor)
Jorge Sanjinés
Bolivia, 1969
DVD (35mm). 85min. Black and white22:00h
Audiorio CCCB
Screenplay: Jorge Sanjinés & Óscar Soria
Actors: Marcelino Yanahuaya, Benedicta Mendoza, Vicente Verneros Salinas, Danielle Caillet, Felipe VargasSinopsis: Based on real-life events, this powerful attack on US imperialism exposes the Peace Corps doctors who systematically sterilised unsuspecting native American women without their consent. Above and beyond chronicling this undercover genocide, Yawar mallku also portrays the suffering and abandonment of the indigenous people and celebrates their human and cultural values, and ultimately provides a metaphor on human beings' right to life. Winner of the Georges Sadoul Award for Best Foreign Film in (Paris, 1969).
