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No Más Bebés / No More Babies
September 16, 2018 @ 3:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Sunday, Sept. 16 @ 3:00pm
Smathers Library (East) – Room 100
No Más Bebés / No More Babies USA, 2015 (79 minutes) Documentary, Civil Rights/ English & Spanish with English Subtitles/ Rating: TV-PG, Director: Renee Tajima-Peña
Film introduction by Dr. Alyssa Zucker, Center for Gender, Sexualities, and Women’s Studies Research
They came to have their babies. They went home sterilized. The story of immigrant mothers who sued county doctors, the state, and the U.S. government after they were pushed into sterilizations while giving birth at the Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center during the 1960s and 70s. Led by an intrepid, 26-year-old Chicana lawyer and armed with hospital records secretly gathered by a whistle-blowing young doctor, the mothers faced public exposure and stood up to powerful institutions in the name of justice.
The Center is proud to co-sponsor the 14th Annual Gainesville Latino Film Festival. Since 2005, the Gainesville Latino Film Festival has featured hundreds of groundbreaking, highly acclaimed and thought-provoking films from Latin America. In 2018, our mission continues: to afford Gainesville the unique opportunity to see world-class cinema, innovative shorts, international award winners, and foster diverse experiences that link people through the art of cinema- launching Gainesville as a cultural destination. This year’s amazing line-up includes films from Brazil, Peru, Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, Bolivia, Mexico, US, and Guatemala. Join us for Gainesville’s most thrilling movie event of the year!