The History in the Gaze (2011)

  • NR
  • 04/15/2011 (MX)
  • History, Documentary
  • 1h 18m

Overview

The film portraits the stage previous to the outbreak of the Mexican Revolution, from the end of Porfirio Díaz´ government, the social volatility, the ephemeral government of Madero and the presence of the working class in the figures of Villa and Zapata, until the signing if the Constitution of 1917. All of this through moving images, filmed during those events mainly by the Alva brothers, filmmakers of that time. Those images let us perceive the contradictory and shuddered glance of the people of that period.

José Ramón Mikelajáuregui

Director, Screenplay

Carlos Martínez-Assad

Screenplay

Cast

Porfirio Díaz's headshot

Porfirio Díaz

Self (archive footage)
Francisco I. Madero's headshot

Francisco I. Madero

Self (archive footage)
Emiliano Zapata's headshot

Emiliano Zapata

Self (archive footage)
Pancho Villa's headshot

Pancho Villa

Self (archive footage)

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