Ana María García is a Cuban-Puerto Rican film director. She is best known for the short documentary ''

La Operación ''La Operación'' is a forty-minute documentary film by Ana María García about US-imposed sterilization policies in Puerto Rico. Produced by the Latin American Film Project and released in 1982, this film explores the mass sterilization of P ...

'' (1982) a film which focuses on US-imposed sterilization policies in

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. She produced the documentar
''Cocolos y Rockeros''
1992) which documents the musical opinions of the youth in

. "Cocolos" refers to people who prefer salsa music to "rockeros," those who prefer

rock music Rock music is a broad genre of popular music that originated as " rock and roll" in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s, developing into a range of different styles in the mid-1960s and later, particularly in the United States an ...

. The film blends humor and music to explore the ways in which young people understand issues of national identity. The music of

Gilberto Santa Rosa Gilberto Santa Rosa Cortés, nicknamed "El Caballero de la Salsa" (The Gentleman of Salsa) (born August 21, 1962), is a Puerto Rican bandleader and singer of salsa and bolero. He is a six time Grammy Award winner and has sold over three million ...

El Gran Combo El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico, commonly known as El Gran Combo, is a Puerto Rican salsa orchestra based in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2012, it was often considered Puerto Rico's most successful musical group. The ...

, and REO Speedwagon are featured in the film.

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