Blood of the Condor
| 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 |
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.
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.