Documentales, y Películas y la Revolución mexicana : The documentaries and films and the Mexican revolution
LA REVOLUCIÓN ES TAMBIÉN UNA HERIDA, UN RECUERDO DOLOROSO QUE NINGUNA AMNESIA BALSÁMICA O DETERMINADA OFICIALMENTE PODRÍA APACIGUAR. —JORGE AYALA BLANCO, LA AVENTURA DEL CINE MEXICANO. p. 32
The movies and documentaries about the Mexican Revolution are numerous. For this exhibition, I have divided these films into three categories. The first are the documentaries that were produced during the revolution. The second category is that of the commercial films about the Mexican Revolution. The third category is of the documentaries produced after the revolution over the past years. Please click on the icons below to open modules related to the historical and contemporary documentaries. Below these icons is the module of the posters of contemporary and commercial Mexican movies related to the Mexican Revolution. Please scroll down to the end of this page for more on the commercial films. Vámonos con Pancho Villa (1936) was one of the earlier fictionalized narratives of a chapter from the Mexican revolution.
The Mexican Cinema Industry has produced significant amounts of films that unpack the complex realities of the Mexican Revolution through the commercial lens of cinema-making. While one can doubt the historical merits of such films as an art form they provide particular viewpoints of those who directed and produced them. Both Emiliano Zapata and Pancho Villa were codified and immortalized for the masses through these films. Not all films that are below in the widget can be considered to be a commercial success. However, these film posters allow us to glimpse to an extent in the "weltanschauung of the period when these were created."
Vámonos con Pancho Villa (1936) - película
Vámonos con Pancho Villa toma lugar en el Norte de México durante la fase armada de la Revolución (1910 hasta 1923).5 Se basa en la lucha revolucionaria de la División del Norte, comandada por el general Doroteo Arango, conocido como Francisco “Pancho” Villa.
– Cine Iberoamericano
El Compadre Mendoza (1933) - película.
El Compadre Mendoza is a masterpiece of Mexican cinema that was directed by Fernando de Fuentes in 1933. The art of editing has made all the difference to create a cohesive narrative about Revolution. El Compadre Mendoza is the second part of a trilogy that would ultimately change the way of making films in Mexico. For more information see here.