Blood of the Condor
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Blood of the Condor (Quechua: Yawar Mallku, Spanish: Sangre de cóndor) is a 1969 Bolivian docudrama film co-written and directed by Jorge Sanjinés and starring Marcelino Yanahuaya. The film tells the story of an indigenous Bolivian community receiving medical care from the Peace Corps-like United States-backed agency Cuerpo del Progreso ("Progress Corps") which is secretly sterilising local women.
Blood of the Condor Yawar Mallku | |
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Directed by | Jorge Sanjinés |
Written by | Jorge Sanjinés |
Produced by | Ricardo Rada |
Starring | Marcelino Yanahuaya |
Cinematography | Antonio Eguino |
Edited by | Jorge Sanjinés |
Music by | Alfredo Domínguez Ignacio Quispe Alberto Villalpando |
Production company | Ukamau Group |
Distributed by | Tricontinental Film Center (1973, US) |
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Running time | 70 minutes |
Country | Bolivia |
Languages | Quechua Spanish English |
The story, which was based on accounts by the indigenous people to the filmmaker, provoked an outrage in the public which led to a government investigation about the Peace Corps' actions in Bolivia, which ended in the expulsion of the agency from the country.