No Mas Bebes / No More Babies

Event Start Date: September 16, 2018 3:00 PM
Event End Date: September 16, 2018 5:00 PM

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No Mas Bebes / No More Babies
September 16 | 3:00 PM
Smathers Library (East) - Room 100

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.

USA |2015 |79 min | Documentary, Civil Rights | English & Spanish with English Subtitles |Rating: TV-PG | Directed by Renee Tajima-Peña | Film Introduction by Dr. Alyssa Zucker

This event is part of the 14th Gainesville Latino Film Festival.