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- Cinco de Mayo: Mexican Glory, a documentary that brings us to the memorable events of that day in 1862, when the Mexican Army, led by Ignacio Zaragoza, defeated on the outskirts of the city of Puebla, the French army, under the command of General Lorencez, considered then the most powerful army in the world. The Battle of Cinco de Mayo marks the beginning of Mexico's prolonged resistance to the invaders, who were ultimately defeated five years later. In the context of an impoverished country, morally weak and immerse in political discord, the triumph of Puebla meant something even more important: the restoration of dignity and the birth of a true national identity. Interviews with recognized experts, conducted in Mexico, the United States and France, together with a remarkable iconography from Mexican and French collections -including unpublished images-, Cinco de Mayo: Mexican Glory, enlightens the importance of the battle, its impact in history, and the significance that its commemoration has acquired for the Mexican-American community.
- Looking at the sky to find out where we are, living in the world and classifying its different parts, dissecting, observing, analyzing, revealing - Science, something complicated and alien to the majority of the population, is the result of the innate desire of humankind to ''Know''. On this occasion ''New-Century Mexico'' spends time with the leading laboratories and centers of investigation in order to listen to the voices of those who, committed to the understanding of man and his surroundings, give guidelines for the development of technology that will make our lives easier: Mexicans have transcended their space to reach the international sphere, belying the myth that Mexico ''doesn't do'' science.
- Álvaro Obregón rebelled against Carranza in Mexico's Revolution. While cruel, he enjoyed life's pleasures, strategically maneuvering for an unprecedented second presidency before his assassination.
- This is the story of the greatest interpreter of romantic Spanish ballads. This program presents his privileged voice, his unique style, intense rhythm of life and the hardships that put him through great trials and tribulations. The story is told by the singer himself and by some of the people closest to him. It is a dramatic testimony of struggle and overcoming challenges.
- This program presents a view of some of the most important ''macho'' heroes from Mexico's classic national cinema, who are observed as thematic variations of the ''Mexican macho'' image in relation to the stereotype's history and different styles and modifications over the years.
- This program approaches the history of Jewish presence in Mexico: the origins of its institutionalization and structuring in the early decades of the 20th century, as well as the major Jewish immigration that arrived here over the years 1924-1929. Through the voices of protagonists from that era, as well as those of some of their descendants, we recollect the story of the encounter between Jewish immigrants and Mexican society.
- Pedro Armendáriz was the main creator of three characters which were representative of Mexican culture: the ranch or hacienda owner, the indigenous person and the revolutionary. He became the best know Mexican actor in Hollywood, while in Mexico he contributed to the formation of an image that represented an entire era. He lived forcefully and with this same resolved attitude chose his death.
- For hundreds of years, the towns of Acatlan and Zitlala in the state of Guerrero have gotten together in the powerful landscape of their mountainous environment to remember the gods who refuse to die. Here is where the Acatecs and Zitlatecs ask for rain and worship the Christian cross as well as the sacred stone. Here, the Tiger fights in order to imitate the sounds of thunder and lightening and invoke their presence. The more fights that are bought about, the greater the sacrifice will be, and therefore, the more abundant the rains. Fruits an flowers will flourish, food that will be offered up. In this space of worship, the past and the present are renewed in the same ritual meeting which brings together and perpetuates the Nahua people of Guerrero.
- Through a wide variety of first-hand testimonies, Mexican women express their aspirations, experiences and dilemmas. On the one hand, they venture into new careers, professions and projects while on the other, they face the pressures of the past. The inversion of traditional roles, and the responsibilities that this demands, have modified many social structures. Today it can be said that the liberation of women also implies the liberation of men.
- The history of the newspaper El Universal is the very history of contemporary Mexico. It was founded in 1916 with the aspiration of being a modern newspaper, in terms of its information services as well as through its high-volume production and distribution. The paper's alliance with President Carranza's regime assigned it another greater task early on: guiding the agitated and violent political life in Mexico through public debate that might lead people to exchange their arms for ideas. Since then and until today, The Great Mexican Newspaper has encountered crises of all types world-wide ones, national ones and even internal upset. El Universal has known how to maintain the power of that essential vocation of its origins: making journalism an alliance of objective information, editorial plurality and technological renovation.
- This film presents the life and are of one of the greatest directors of Mexican cinema, an important figure in world cinema, and a colossal myth maker and excellent actor in Mexico and the United States. Tireless lover and violent enemy, ''the Indian'' Fernández is an obligatory reference toward understanding the creative power of Mexican cinema.
- This program deals with the life and the tragic death of one of the most beloved male stars of Mexican cinema. Pedro Infante played ranch owners, singers, urban boxers, good and trustworthy sons, and heroic policemen riding motorcycles. More than any other actor, he represented the transition of rural Mexican imagery to the forms of the city.
- In the program The Traveling Pope we pass through the details of the life of Karol Wojtyla, from his childhood and youth in Communist Poland up to the moment when he was elected Holy Father in October 1978 and assumed the name of John Paul II. As a representative of the Holy See, he was called the Pope of Peace because of his propensity toward dialogue and unity, though his critics considered him to be a contradictory man. During his papacy he visited more than 600 cities in 129 countries and his pastoral visits promoted and spread the Catholic religion. His political influence contributed to the fall of Communism and in 2000, in celebration of the Jubilee, he visited Jerusalem. Millions of people looked toward Rome, seeking both guidance and consolation for their spiritual and moral troubles. John Paul II maintained contact with the faithful up until just shortly before his death on April 2, 2005. John Paul II will be remembered as the Pope who, in the years of the changing century, began a new era in the Catholic Church.
- During the 1930's the Mexican film industry was consolidated as a productive industry. Nevertheless, from that first moment there were actors and producers of the motion picture industry who worked on the margins of the studios and production companies. Films that have been made and continue to be made by these directors who work outside of the main channels of production have shown, over the course of seven decades, the aesthetic tendencies or political concerns of their authors who opted to makes films which are different and independent: the other cinema.
- This film deals with the life and the movies of a ''princess'' who became a Hollywood star and later returned to her home country for a second and illustrious film career. Her discreet but intense personal life (including her love affairs with Orson Welles and Emilio ''the Indian'' Fernández), her ever-growing and varied talent as an actress and her presence in the cultural and political life of Mexico are some of the themes covered in this complex portrayal.
- More than two thousand years ago, Christ cast a revolutionary message: ''Render unto Caesar what is Caesars and to God what is God's''. That division between the world of the political universe and the religious universe has provoked a permanent conflict in the Western world. That conflict and the provocation produced by the Calles regime, launched a group of Catholics against the government: The War of the Cristeros or the Cristiada.
- For over three decades, Porfirio Díaz attempted to improve the overall conditions of an impoverished, unstable and violent Mexico since he began his term in 1876. In this way he made sure he kept the peace that Mexico lacked in order to make development viable, either by conciliation with his enemies of by straightforward repression. The 'Porfirian' governments helped reestablish the image of Mexico's damaged international reputation. This opened the doors to important foreign capital that allowed the construction of railroads, the re-emergence of some industries and the birth of the incipient national market. However towards the closure of his regime, the ancient dictatorship hadn't paid off a few important debts. On one hand, the visible economical development was not beneficial to the vast majority of the Mexican population; and on the other, the urban middle class that developed thanks to this progress aspired to have a political freedom and democratic rights stated by the constitution, but that were non-existent in the praxis.
- As a child, Roberto Gómez Bolaños dreamed of being a soccer player or an engineer; acting seemed ridiculous to him. But with the passing of time he discovered his true vocation. First as a writer and then as an actor, he gave life to various characters, including two of the most popular in the history of Mexican television.
- One of the most important players of the Mexican Revolution, Emiliano Zapata - leader of "a people who made revolution in order avoid change", in order to preserve their land and their customs - is also a legendary figure whose influence in social struggles in Mexico endures to our present day.
- Of a mestizo (racially mixed) background on his mother's side, and of a European-descended Mexican background on his father's side, Porfirio Díaz climbed the pyramid of Mexican history - through the ranks of valiant soldier and trusty general - until he arrived at the top. And he remained there for the good and for the bad. His life represents the fate of Mexico in his generation. In his familiar attitude and ways one can see an enormous amount of paternalism which, with time, would be directed toward the entire country.
- This program is a journey through the life and work of one of the most prolific and representative composers of Mexican popular music. It starts at the beginning, with his breaking into radio and record companies, and proceeds to his overwhelming success as a singer of passions on fire and of heartaches. At a moment almost forty years from his death, his children tell us their anecdotes and remember the most peculiar characteristics of his personality.
- In the second half of the nineteenth century, Mexico found itself confronted with two models of government: monarchy or republic. In Europe, the great powers were competing for expansion of their colonial power and social revolutions were multiplying, sparking movements of liberalism, nationalism and democracy. For its part, the United States was debating questions of liberty and slavery. At the end of 1861, the French Empire undertakes a military intervention in Mexico to impose a monarchical government headed by the archduke Fernando Maximiliano de Habsburgo. In the space of six years the monarchy was not able to consolidate itself, the international situation turned against France and Napoleon III decided to end his adventure in Mexico, leaving Maximilian abandoned to his own fate.
- Family was essential to Carlos Salinas as he was growing up. Son of a failed presidential candidate, his older brother was the designated heir for a longing that would ultimately be fulfilled by Carlos Salinas. He, his father and his brother Raúl are the principal figures in this story of the making of a president.
- From the banking freeze enacted by President López Portillo, to the current democratic transition of Fox, the adjustments in the economy and in society in Nuevo Leon have had unique characteristics. As a conclusion to the series, in this program we present the voices of the greatest protagonists from Nuevo Leon, who speak out about the big issues of yesterday, today and the immediate future: their relationship with Mexico City and the United States, their ideas about work, savings, nationalism and the value of culture. The regional integration with Texas; the TLC and global competency and competition and an evaluation of the years to come.
- A general history of Mexican television with a particular emphasis on Mexican contributions to technology and television production style. The program also looks at the relations between television companies and the Mexican government as well as their connections to the rest of the world.
- The night of October 7, 1913, Senator Belisario Domínguez was abducted by the police officers in his room at the Hotel Jardín in downtown, Mexico City. Possessing a relentless and unwavering moral, avid critic of usurper President Victoriano Huerta, the disappearance of the Chiapas' senator outraged Mexicans and encouraged them to fight the regime of terror imposed from the presidency, even before his murder was confirmed a year later. Behind the public figure of Chiapas' senator and his brave speeches against the Huerta regime exists, however, a most endearing story, the one of a doctor with medical studies in Paris, seated humbly in his native Comitán, whose social and moral work still represents the best legacy to his countrymen.
- Through an original narrative, this documentary presents the biography of Antonio López de Santa Anna, a key figure in Mexican political life during the first half of the nineteenth century. Santa Anna led the battle that brought the loss of half of the nation's territory to the United States. His military valor and his charisma did not manage to eclipse the profound damage that he and followers did to the nation.
- Mexico is a country with a great cinematographic history and, although throughout its history it has had moments of both great splendor and crisis, it is a spectacle which forms a part of the everyday life of the majority of the population. At the beginning of the new millennium, Mexicans' cinematographic language began to change, just as new forms of production were developed and systems of promotion and distribution were modernized. In the last few years, despite the competition of foreign film industries, millions of people have attended movie theaters to see Mexican films.
- While still young, Sara García turned into the typical mother in films; later she became the classic stereotype of ''the little mother'' and grandmother of national cinema. In her private life, however, she was an independent woman, strong and combative, with an intense determination to win: she was much more incisive and much less sentimental than the image of the woman that was projected on the screen.
- This history of one of the most important states in the country can be told through the lives of seven of its most important protagonists. Luis de Carvajal, founder and installer of the first government; Fray Servando Teresa de Mier, figure of independence; Santiago Vidaurri, the prototype of the great regional cacique (local boss) of the nineteenth century; Ignacio Zaragoza, his short-sighted provincial vision to one that recognized a country in ruins that needed men for its defense; Bernardo Reyes, great conciliator between the National Palace and the turbulent Mexican northeast; Alfonso Reyes, the height of literary and; Eugenio Garza Sada, icon of entrepreneurial spirit and promoter of social welfare from private initiative. These figures form the links of this chain of images that tell the history of Nuevo Leon.
- The story of the Constitution and the Carranza years, with their great difficulties (hunger, butchery and a large part of the country in war), until the last successful uprising of Mexican history: the victory of the men of Sonora led by Álvaro Obregón. A final section evaluates some of the Revolutions results and effects and the destinies of its principal leaders.
- This program delves into the biography and work of one of the most representative directors of Mexican cinema. A creator of stories, characters and film genres that still live on in the popular imagery of various generations. Thanks to Ismael Rodríguez's films, Pedro Infante became the most lasting myth of Mexican culture.
- The second program about the history of Mexican cinema presents the end of the ''Golden Age''. It narrates how the industry collapsed when faced with a reduction in funding and the arrival of television. It also shows the way in which the government affected the industry during the populist-tendencied regime of the 1970's. In the current moment new Mexican cinema is burgeoning and modestly growing in order to newly assume a relevant space within society.
- One of the richest visual presentations made about the work of José Clemente Orozco. In this piece his works appear in counterpoint to his own words: some are frank and direct, while others are ironic, in order to suggest the complexity of Orozco's creative power through a reciprocal play of word and image.
- Between March and May 1863, the city of Puebla resisted, for 62 days and nights, the strength of the powerful French army. Humiliated for its defeat a year earlier at the hands of General Zaragoza, the armies of Napoleon III were about to succumb again to the heroic Mexican East Army which together with the people of Puebla gave us one of the most dignifying and dramatic episodes of Mexican history.
- This programs explores the life and music of Agustín Lara, one of Mexico's gifts to the world. The compositions from his intimate collection ''Flaco de Oro'' have remained recorded in popular memory. His melodies and lyrics, his voice and his unforgettable personality reveal the fruits of an extraordinarily gifted man who was completely dedicated to music, to beauty, to the love of women and to pleasure. This is an homage to that great romantic with a pirate's soul.
- In the last decade of the twentieth century, Pemex abandoned the exploitation of new oil fields, diminished its reserves and saw its industry decay. But the majority of the country's economy depends upon petroleum, and without carrying out large new investments, crude oil reserves will run out and an economic crisis will approach.
- He began his activities as a union leader in the ranks of the Regional Confederation of Mexican Workers, supported by a group known as "the little wolves". Years later he joined forces with Vicente Lombardo Toledano and together they founded the Confederation of Workers of Mexico, the CTM. During the six-year term of President Lázaro Cárdenas, Fidel Velázquez achieved consolidating himself as the great leader of the principal worker's group of Mexico. Starting from 1950 he figured out how organize, maintain and consolidate the corporate structure of the political party PRI and in the last years of his life, he was a witness to the decline of presidentialism characteristic of this party.
- Growing up inside a conservative family established in the city of Puebla that just survived the disaster of the Revolution, the young Joaquín Cordero had to face his parents to pursue his dreams of being an actor, an adventure that for those years was almost inconceivable. Leaning on his inseparable wife Alma Guzman, as well as his physical attractiveness and foolproof professionalism, Cordero became a leading figure in the so-called Golden Age of national cinema, and for decades a central reference for Mexican TV history, through the popular soap opera. An educated man, with studies in Greek and Latin classics, passionate of poetry and tango, Cordero was essentially a simple and grateful man, dedicated to a profession that from an early age separated him from his parents: the acting profession.
- Salvador Novo was more than just an avant garde writer who pertained to the group The Contemporaries. He was more than a literary figure who passed through all literary genres and left lasting works. He made himself into a character who found out how to threaten the falsely timid of his time as well as the machismo of the post-revolution in order to live in absolute balance with his desires. A friend of powerful people, a companion to many artists, an expert in culinary arts, a non-systematic historian, a chronicler of life, Novo was, above all, provoker and possessor of dazzling talent: poet, essayist, playwright, teacher. He alarmed many due to his conduct which was as intelligent as it was scandalous. Irony was his defense, words his weapon.
- On January 1, 2014 the Italian firm Fiat announced the total acquisition of Chrysler, establishing Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) as the seventh leader manufacturer of the automotive industry. American Chrysler arrived in 1938 to Mexico under the name of Automex and gained popularity on the Mexican streets and on the tracks with its Valiant Acapulco and Dodge Coronel among other models. On the other hand, Fiat one of the most successful European car manufacturers had been in Mexico for a brief period in the 1950s and returned with all its drive by 2004. Today FCA, the heir of these two great legacies, is becoming the new trend in automotive tradition.
- During the 1960's, Mexican art underwent the most important transformation that is was to have in the twentieth century. Adapting themselves to the post-68 situation in Mexico and trying to salvage the theories of Mexican art from the Mexican School, groups of artists created collectives which sought to address the public and create new ways to understand art. They distanced themselves from the notion of art as object, and created, on a par with the rest of the world, new codes and artistic languages that would remain the techniques and artistic structures until the end of the millennium. This documentary attempts to rescue these pioneering groups in the Mexican avant garde.
- This is the story of the life and the movies of María Félix, ''the most beautiful woman in the world'', who became the public's favorite female movie star in Mexico and Latin America. Although she enjoyed considerable acceptance in Europe, she disdained Hollywood films and would not make them. The documentary presents her adventurous and combative life through photographs, filmed material and extracts from her movies which are used to illustrate the most important moments of her real life.
- A close-up look at the condition of children in Mexico since pre-Hispanic times, focusing on the traditions and ideologies that have encircled education and the treatment of children within the family and in society. The program also considers the wide range of opportunities that have divided the childhood population along the lines of socio-economic origin. Straight from the mouths of children themselves, the program provides opinions and ideas about their reality and future.
- Cárdenas, the most charismatic president of modern Mexican history, joined the Revolution at fourteen years of age and grew up with it. Our biography follows his adventurous youth as one of the youngest generals of the Revolution, his friendship with General Calles, his first official posts and the creation of his political ideas and character, while also examining the interaction between the man and the legend that was created around him.
- López Portillo's six-year term is one of the most tragic chapters in the Mexico's modern history. A hopeful beginning was followed by the temptation of the oil bonanza which ultimately led to the collapse of international oil prices and national bankruptcy. The history of this period, and its treatment in this documentary, combine to tell the tale of the tragic, the epic and the absurd.
- Over time, the ancient cultures of Mexico developed culinary traditions based mainly on corn, as well as the local flora and fauna, forging civilizations of great gastronomic refinement. On the legacy of indigenous cuisine, the Spanish conquest enabled a long period of exchange of products and techniques from all continents. At the end of the 19th century, the Mexican mestizo cuisine had its own personality and was a synthesis of all the cuisines of the world.
- This program provides the ancient history of Mexico's west and focuses on its cultural and political epicenter, Jalisco. It is an intense and contradictory story. The fierce rebellion of ancient indigenous nations and the strong sense of pride shared by Spanish settlers and the American-born European descendants presented enormous obstacles for Mexico City's influence in the west. In spite of its cultural and political differences with the National Palace, Jalisco and its gem of a capital, Guadalajara, would go on to head the majority of the battles which, throughout the nineteenth century, would give independent Mexico a well-defined face and sense of purpose.