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2003 | Color | 11 min 17 seg

Testimonies about the violations of reproductive rights that peasants and underprivileged women suffer constantly in the region of Istmo de Tehuantepec. Different government health institutions force or trick women into using methods of birth control against their will or without their knowledge.


Country: México
Direction: Gervasio; Fabiola
Script: Gervasio; Fabiola
Production: Unión de Comunidades Indígenas de la Zona Norte del Istmo - Comisión de la Mujer;
Photography: Gervasio; Fabiola, Rojas; Hermenegildo
Music: Miman; Michael, Quartet; Kronos
Participation year at FICM: 2003

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