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1. El ojo de vidrio

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This is a poster of a Mexican fictional film that depicts Mexican Revolution. El ojo de vidrio (The Glass Eye) is a 1969 Mexican revolution-epic film directed by René Cardona Jr., starring Antonio Aguilar, Flor Silvestre, Manuel Capetillo, Eleazar García, Alejandro Reyna and Guillermo Rivas. With a backdrop of the Mexican Revolution, the film recounts the story of former horse wrangler and bandit Porfirio Alcalá y Buenavista who becomes the subject of a popularly known corrido along with his four cousins, after being notoriously heroic for raiding rich landlords and helping the poor. Being each notable for having one eye as the result of an injustice, the five heroes meet two townswomen and a theater actor who helps them disguise for their various raids. As their last raid attack, they take vengeance to the man who caused their tragedy and evade revolutionary troops who call for peace after Porfirio Díaz resigns and is exiled (Wiki) Copyright status unknown. Fair Academic Use Only. This image may be protected by the U. S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C).
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By Source (WP:NFCC#4), Fair use, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=37249047
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04-17-2020

2. María Candelaria

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Director: Emilio Fernández Year: 1943 Country: Mexico Dolores del Río and Pedro Armendáriz acted in this movie. Although not directly related to the Mexican Revolution, the story is set in a pre-revolutionary Mexico. The genre of the film is "indigenist." Keller, Gary D. “THE IMAGE OF THE CHICANO IN MEXICAN, UNITED STATES, AND CHICANO CINEMA: AN OVERVIEW.” Bilingual Review / La Revista Bilingüe, vol. 10, no. 2/3, 1983, pp. 9–208. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/25744057. Accessed 21 Apr. 2020. Fair Academic Use Only. This image may be protected by the U. S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C).
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar%C3%ADa_Candelaria
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04-20-2020

3. La Sombra de Pancho Villa

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Shadow of Pancho Villa was a fictional 1933 film released by Columbia Pictures. Director: Miguel Contreras Torres, Antonio Moreno. Miguel Contreras Torres participated in the Mexican Revolution as a part of the Carranza's army. The movie was produced by Hispano Continental Films. Fair Academic Use Only. This image may be protected by the U. S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C). Source: http://www.elem.mx/autor/datos/1312
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https://www.filmaffinity.com/en/film594552.html
Date:
04-24-2020

4. Pueblo en armas,lobby card.

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Pueblo en armas was a film that was directed by Miguel Contreras Torres. It was based on his 1957 novel by the same name. Fair Academic Use Only. This image may be protected by the U. S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C).
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https://www.ebay.com/itm/FLOR-SILVESTRE-Pueblo-en-Armas-ARMANDO-SILVESTRE-Beautiful-LOBBY-CARD-PHOTO-1958/352102119843?hash=item51faebf9a3:g:22AAAOSwiQ9ZOs24:sc:USPSPriority!94577!US!-1
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04-29-2020

5. ¡Viva la soldadera! (1960)

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Director: Miguel Contreras Torres Country: Mexico In this film, Mexican singer and actress Flor Silvestre plays a lead load portraying a Soldadera. The movie is based on a novel by Miguel Contreras Torres, "Pueblo en armas." Fair Academic Use Only. This image may be protected by the U. S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C).
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0276633/
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04-29-2020

6. Pueblo en armas, novela.

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Author: Contreras Torres, Miguel. Published: México, 1957. This novel served as a basis for two Mexican movies by Miguel Contreras Torres. One was "La Soldadera," and the other had the same name, "Pueblo en Armas." Fair Academic Use Only. This image may be protected by the U. S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C).
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http://oskicat.berkeley.edu/record=b13200561~S1
Date:
04-29-2020

7. El Compadre Mendoza

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Director: Juan Bustillo Oro and Fernando de Fuentes. Year: 1934 Country: Mexico. Actors: Carmen Guerrero and Antonio Fausto. Summary from IMDB: "During the Mexican Revolution, Rosalio Mendoza (Del Diestro) survives by making and winning favors from both factions, the governmental forces, and Zapata's Army. His hacienda welcomes everybody, and Mendoza is considered a good friend of his guests. Eventually, the situation becomes unsustainable and he has to take sides. Betrayal and deception overcome and Mendoza's dark side surfaces. by Maximiliano Maza <mmaza@campus.mty.itesm.mx>." Fair Academic Use Only. This image may be protected by the U. S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C).
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0023902/plotsummary?ref_=tt_ov_pl
Date:
04-18-2020

8. Caballo prieto azabache

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Director: René Cardona Country: Mexico Caballo prieto azabache (La tumba de Villa) is a 1968 Mexican historical drama film starring Antonio Aguilar, Flor Silvestre, and Jaime Fernández. It focuses on a horse breeder named Jesús who is set on buying a horse known as "Caballo prieto" (dark horse) and pursuing a relationship with a singer named Genoveva Alarios. With he and Genoveva eventually recruited as spies for the revolutionary leader Pancho Villa (Wiki). Fair Academic Use Only. This image may be protected by the U. S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C).
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Source (WP:NFCC#4), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caballo_prieto_azabache_(film)#/media/File:Caballo_prieto_azabache_movie_poster.jpg.
Date:
04-17-2020

9. Enamorada

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Director: Emilio Fernandez Year: 1946 Country: Mexico Synopsis extracted from Wikipedia: The revolutionary José Juan Reyes (Pedro Armendáriz) takes the town of Cholula, Puebla and demands contributions from its wealthiest citizens for the Mexican Revolution. However, his plans are disrupted when he falls in love with the Señorita Beatriz Peñafiel (María Félix), the tempestuous daughter of the town's richest man. Fair Academic Use Only. This image may be protected by the U. S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C).
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enamorada_(film)#/media/File:Enamorada_(film).jpg
Date:
04-18-2020

10. Giù la testa (Duck you, Sucker!)

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Director: Sergio Leone Country: Italy Fair Academic Use Only. This film narrates the fictional events of the Mexican Revolution that took place around the year 1910. The protagonists of the film are Juan Miranda, who is a fugitive from the law, and John Mallory, who is a revolutionary of Irish descent whose lives get entangled in the Revolution. This film's genre is also known as "Zapata Western." This image may be protected by the U. S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C).
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duck,_You_Sucker!
Date:
04-18-2020

11. La Cucaracha

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La Cucharacha (1959) Director: Ismael Rodriguez Country: Mexico Starring Maria Felix, the film depicts the life of the Mexican women soldiers, "Las Soldaderas." Fair Academic Use Only. This image may be protected by the U. S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C). Source of image: IMDB
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https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Ftitle%2Ftt0051504%2Fmediaviewer%2Frm3956950784&psig=AOvVaw02TVvjssTN0wVN-soQWbHn&ust=1587319875022000&source=images&cd=vfe&ved=0CAkQjhxqFwoTCMi95r3J8ugCFQAAAAAdAAAAABAD
Date:
04-18-2020

12. Vámonos con Pancho Villa (Let's go with Pancho Villa)

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Director: Fernando de Fuentes Year: 1936 Country: Mexico This film is the last film in the trilogy of films by Fernando de Fuentes. The previous two films are El Prisionero Trece and El Compadre Mendoza. Fair Academic Use Only. This image may be protected by the U. S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C).
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Let%27s_Go_with_Pancho_Villa
Date:
04-18-2020

13. La sangre de un valiente

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Director: Mario Hernández Country: Mexico. Year: 1993 In this film, Antonio Aguilar portrays Pancho Villa. The plot revolves around the notion of loyalty and dedication to one's country in light of Pershing's punitive expedition in Mexico. Fair Academic Use Only. This image may be protected by the U. S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C).
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0334294/
Date:
04-22-2020

14. Benjamín Argumedo el rebelde

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Director: Mario Hernández Country: Mexico Year: 1979. Fair Academic Use Only. This image may be protected by the U. S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C). General Benjamín Argumedo (La Laguna, 1876 - Durango, March 1, 1916) was a Mexican revolutionary. He participated in the anti-reelectionist camp at the beginning of the Mexican Revolution, but in 1912 he passed the opposition against Madero and supported the coup d'etat by Victoriano Huerta. He was called the "Lion of the Lagoon." (Source: Wiki)
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0218041/
Date:
04-22-2020

15. Los rollos perdidos de Pancho Villa

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Director: Gregorio Rocha Country: Mexico Year: 2003. In 1914, Pancho Villa signed a contract by which Mutual Film Corporation agreed to film his campaigns under a catchy title, "The Life of General Villa." This documentary traces the film and areas where it was filled during the revolution. Fair Academic Use Only. This image may be protected by the U. S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C).
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https://www.filminlatino.mx/pelicula/los-rollos-perdidos-de-pancho-villa?origin=searcher&origin-type=primary
Date:
04-22-2020

16. el centauro Pancho Villa.

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Director: Alfonso Corona Blake Country: Mexico This is a poster of El Centauro Pancho Villa ), the 1967 Mexican Revolutionary war biographic action melodrama. Actors: Joaquin Cordero, Jose Elias Moreno (in the title role as Pancho Villa), Norma Lazareno, Carlos Lopez Moctezuma, and Tito Junco. Lucha Villa, a well-known as singer of rancheras also acts in this film. Fair Academic Use Only. This image may be protected by the U. S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C).
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0312534/
Date:
04-29-2020

17. Emiliano Zapata

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Director: Felipe Cazals Country: Mexico Year: 1970. Antonio Aguilar portrays Emiliano Zapata Fair Academic Use Only. This image may be protected by the U. S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C).
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065688/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
Date:
04-29-2020

18. Cuartelazo

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Director: Alberto Isaac. Country: 1976 Year: Mexico This film narrates one of the bloodiest episodes in national history: la Decena Trágica starts with when General Victoriano Huerta orders the assassination of President Francisco I. Madero, Vice President José María Pino Suárez and Senator Belisario Domínguez. The film recreates the moment of Huerta's execution, as well as that of the generals Bernardo Reyes, Manuel Mondragón and Félix Díaz. “Lo único que nos enseña la historia es que el hombre no aprende nada de la historia”. Con esta frase comienza la película de Alberto Isaacs (Source: https://elpais.com/cultura/2015/11/20/actualidad/1447993725_810075.html) Fair Academic Use Only. This image may be protected by the U. S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C).
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https://www.filminlatino.mx/pelicula/cuartelazo?origin=searcher&origin-type=unique
Date:
04-22-2020

19. Cámara Casasola

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Director: Carlos Rodrigo Montes de Oca Country: Mexico Year: 2010. Historical photographs serve as an archive of powerful images that provide us with the narratives about the past. In the case of Mexico, the visual memory of the Revolution is strong due to the Casasola archive. It consists of over eight hundred thousand individual items. It was founded by Agustín and Miguel, who are considered to be the pioneers of photojournalism in Mexico. The emblematic moving images of revolutionaries such as Emiliano Zapata and Pancho Villa are also part of this collection. The documentary creates an impeccable narrative of the Mexican Revolution.
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Debroise, Olivier, and Stella S. Rego. Mexican Suite: A History of Photography in Mexico. Austin, Tex: Univ. of Texas Press, 2001. Print.
Date:
04-29-2020

20. Zapata en Chinameca (1987)

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Director: Mario Hernández Country: Mexico Antonio Aguilar plays Emiliano Zapata. Fair Academic Use Only. This image may be protected by the U. S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C).
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094368/
Date:
04-29-2020

21. El impostor

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Director: Emilio "El Indio" Fernández. Country: Mexico Year: 1956 This film is based on a masterpiece by Rodolfo Usigli whose title is "El gesticulador." The main character of this film is a Professor who falls out with the Rector and his cabinet and thus returns to his native village with his wife and two children. He starts growing corn but the crops fail, in desperation and by choice he assumes a false identity of his grandfather- a revolutionary hero of Mexican Revolution. People of the village rally around him during the election, but he is shot and killed before he can tell "el pueblo," about his true identity. Fair Academic Use Only. This image may be protected by the U. S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C).
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https://www.filminlatino.mx/pelicula/el-impostor
Date:
05-01-2020

22. Revolución

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Director/s: Various Country: Mexico Year: 2010. The significance of the revolution in today's Mexico is the principal goal of the various directors that each show different aspects of the revolution and its effect on Mexican society through their own lense. Fair Academic Use Only. This image may be protected by the U. S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C).
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1578267/fullcredits?ref_=tt_ov_dr#directors/
Date:
04-29-2020

23. Porfirio Díaz, 100 Años Sin Patria!

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Director: Emilio Maillé Writer: Monika Revilla Fair Academic Use Only. This image may be protected by the U. S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C).
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5020996/
Date:
05-14-2020

24. La Soldadera-Silvia Pinal

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This is an image of a lobby card of a 1966 Mexican film directed by José Bolaños. Used for educational purposes only. The image rights belong to the creator of the image.
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https://www.filmaffinity.com/es/film844728.html
Date:
12-31-2021

25. Constructing the image of the Mexican Revolution: cinema and the archive.

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Author: Pick, Zuzana M. Published: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2010. The Mexican Revolution and the Arts: Monographs. With a cast ranging from Pancho Villa to Dolores del Rio and Tina Modotti, Constructing the Image of the Mexican Revolution demonstrates the crucial role played by Mexican and foreign visual artists in revolutionizing Mexico's twentieth-century national iconography. E-book access: https://libproxy.berkeley.edu/login?qurl=http%3A%2F%2Fhdl.handle.net%2F2027%2Fheb.31423.
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https://search.library.berkeley.edu/permalink/01UCS_BER/iqob43/alma991085820984706532
Date:
11-21-2021