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- An effort to focus on the universally important contributions of the modern Mexican tradition to the country as well as to the entire world. We show how the lessons of European masters were transformed, nationalized and developed into creative proposals that were brilliant and original. We explore how these innovations were put to the service of the people, in order to provide answers to the changes in Mexican society, to its ways of living and to the possible uses of the country's public and private spaces. The construction of the Ciudad Universitaria (university zone), the erect, sky scraping buildings of Barragan, the levitating forms of the churches of Candela and many other innovators and innovations of modern Mexican architecture figure as focal points of this program.
- 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.
- The Soler brothers created a new style of acting and played roles in hundreds of films. The most famous members of the family (Fernando, Domingo, Andrés) specialized in roles that portrayed authority figures, yet they also acted in comedies and other genres. This documentary looks at the family through the lens of their best and most typical roles.
- The formula of the Mexican soap opera, the formula of excellence, became the biggest economic success of the television industry. This program deals with the fundamentals of creation of the soap opera through the experience of the greatest Mexican producer of this genre: Ernesto Alonso.
- Just like a Shakespearean story about the collapse of powerful men, this video narrates the impressive rise and fall of Carlos Salinas de Gortari. Elected amid charges of electoral fraud, he became the architect of the Free Trade Treaty and the champion of a more liberal economic policy and privatizations, which brought him acclaim at home and beyond the country's borders. But finally, he had to suffer the turnarounds that took place during his term: the guerrilla uprising, political murders and shortly after his time, the grave financial crisis for which he was largely blamed, not to mention the incarceration of his brother who was accused of murder.
- A documentary dedicated to this important event that took place between April and November 1914 and changed the life of the Veracruz port forever. Here we reveal the historical background of the occupation, in the context of the government of Victoriano Huerta in Mexico and Woodrow Wilsons' in the United States, the complexity of diplomatic relations between the two countries and the position that the American colony had manifested through the press about the revolutionary governments. In addition to the timely account of the battle which took place on April 21st, 1914, the program highlights the way in which the people of Veracruz joined to fight against the Americans during seven months, inheriting a long list of injuries, deaths and heroes.
- This program presents communications and transportation as the driving forces of history in Mexico. This is a review of technological advances, from standard mail to e-mail, from carriages to planes and from telegraphs to artificial satellites. What does the future hold for us?
- 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.
- In 1994, Popocatepetl, the legendary volcano, erupts and showers the ground with its ashes. All eyes are concentrated on the great colossus, from scientists to rural workers, communications workers to politicians, traditional weather men to visual artists. This documentary reminds us of the mythical time 'when the hills were standing up'.
- Not all those who died in the Revolution found their demise on the battlefield. For many others, during the war famine and disease were the true face of death.
- Mexico is a country surrounded by beaches: its extensive coastlines have been the setting for the rise of unique cultures since pre-Hispanic times. For centuries, men and women have found the sea to be their main source of work and food, providing the rest of the nation with an immense variety of products that in recent times have reached world markets, making Mexico a major fishing industry.
- 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.
- For many years, archaeologists from Mexico and around the world have been drawn to the eternal stone gaze of the Olmec colossal heads. But who were these men of stone? Where did they come from, and how did they manage to build the first great civilization of the Americas over 3,500 years ago? The stone is both silent and responsive; it conceals and it reveals. Perhaps it is telling us that these ancient Olmecs form a family portrait of the men and women who even today work, pray, and live at the old sacred sites found in Veracruz and Tabasco.
- 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.
- Created in 1957, the Autonomous University of Baja California holds the second place among the leading institutions of superior education in the country. Its quick but optimized development is the product of diverse generations of university students who have helped to consolidate its leadership. Over five decades, it has succeeded in satisfying the educational needs of Baja California's societies through its different divisions and schools, as well as promoting scientific and humanistic research through the support provided by its institutes. This program reviews the university's history in the diverse stages that go from its establishment to the current moment. All of this is done through the voices of different people related to the institution, such as deans, professors, researchers, students and alumni.
- Day by day, Mexicans follow the performance that the Mexican Army and Air Force make in key areas such as reforestation, rescue in case of natural disasters, or the battle against organized crime. Tasks very different in appearance but united by the same purpose: the protection of the Mexican society and the safeguarding of its institutions.
- A moving biography of one of the most important historians of Mexico. Born in San José de Gracia, in the state of Michoacán, Don Luís González y González takes us by the hand through the corners and landscapes of his personal history. With his unmistakable mastery and style, he takes us among many other cultural goods, from the so-called micro history, the universal history of the local, the little: an unusual and transcendent vision that begins with his book ''Pueblo en vilo''(''People in the Air''), where he lays out the archetypes and concepts of his birthplace. In October of 2003, the Senate of the Republic recognized the great human and academic merits of Don Luís González as they awarded him the Belisario Domínguez medal.
- The third of the big three leading men was born in a needy neighborhood of Mexico City, and his rise to stardom was a quick journey from poverty to wealth. His origins, in comparison to those of Negrete and Infante, made him better equipped to represent the poor Mexican man, with his problems and his temptations. With Solís, singing heroes of the Mexican cinema laid down roots in a city that was less idealized and more real.
- Montezuma gives in without a fight, the Empire falls apart. But the Mexicas rebel and push out their invaders - until the plague that the Spanish brought, smallpox, begins to decimate the indigenous population. And even today, 500 years later, they suffer misery, malnutrition and illiteracy. Yet they continue trying to be respected along with their culture.
- Eulalio González Ramírez, better known as ''El Piporro'' (''the pipe player''), expressed an entire cultural universe of northern Mexico through his films. ''El Piporro'' reached the level of an authentic northern legend, becoming an intimate figure in popular Mexican mind.
- The creation of a central bank was a key element during the reconstruction of the Mexican economy after its Revolution. From 1925, the Bank of Mexico faced the challenge of promoting the emergence of a new banking system, reactivating credit and regaining the confidence of the Mexican population in its paper currency. This documentary narrates the process lived by the institution in order to reach its autonomy in relation to the Federal Executive Power in 1994 and the role it plays in contributing to the economical progress of the country and the acquisitive power of the national currency.
- Joaquín Pardavé is one of the greatest comic actors of Mexico. He played clueless aristocrats from the nineteenth century, Spanish and Lebanese immigrants from the twentieth century, loving fathers and lovesick old men (he was also an inspired song composer). Thanks to his immense talent, Pardavé, who paradoxically lived an unfortunate childhood, has made many generations laugh.
- Is the story of the quiet drama that unfolds in a typical Mexican town; one that is indigenous, bilingual, and has the stoicism to survive the gradual disintegration of families caused by men migrating to the United States. Life stories showed tell us about the collateral damage caused by poorly conducted government programs and chronic unemployment. Although speakers aren't economic experts, those interviewed irrefutably present the terrible consequences that the North American Free Trade Agreement has had on their lives.
- In this chapter two different notions, on how each empire saw the world converge and yet differ in one equally important aspect for both cultures: religion. The spiritual conquest was an even more complicated task than the military conquest, where the role of the friars and humanists was pivotal in this transformative process. The permanence and merge of beliefs became the religious basis for the modern Mexicans.
- 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.
- Based on an in-depth interview, carried out by the historian Enrique Krauze with the then-president of Mexico Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de León, this documentary is a revelatory testimony of the personal, professional and political life of a man who had to dodge innumerable obstacles during his presidential term.
- 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.
- The invention of agriculture transformed human life, and pre-Hispanic Mexico was no exception. Maize was key to the rise of these civilizations. For centuries, the Mexican countryside has fed a nation while setting the stage for numerous social conflicts, transforming its men into protagonists of quests such as Independence or the 1910 Revolution. Land distribution, industrialization and the development of new technologies have marked the countryside going into the 21st century, confronting major challenges that will allow it to competitively join the global market.
- A hundred years ago the Constitutionalist Army -the origin of current Mexican Army-, played a decisive role in returning the country loss legality at the hands of the usurper President Victoriano Huerta. In a difficult process, those revolutionary militias acquired the values of professionalism and institutional loyalty that have distinguished it during its long history. Today, the Mexican Army is similar to it predecessor, but is also different; it maintains its popular roots and its desire to contribute to a freer and more fair country, but is distinct for its educational solidity and its attachment to democratic values that distinguish Mexico in the 21st century.
- The representation of the devil in Mexican cinema almost always comes in the from of parody. It is normal for Lucifer to appear in a comic way, trying to lead humanity astray from the right path. Villanis watch from the darkness, in order to find the way to stop the innocent ones' happiness. They are characters capable of ruining the life of the most decent woman. Melodrama is a genre that needs villains so that, after the tale's initial misfortune, the story can come to a happy ending. Perhaps the effectiveness of those old films is due to the fact that they recreated a world of dreams, where good knew how to triumph and evil was always defeated.
- This program presents the history and nature of the Mexican soap opera: its formulas, its audience, its conservative values, its national and international success, and its past, present and future, all presented with humor while maintaining a serious and analytic focus.
- This program deals with the bloodiest period of the Revolution: the civil war among the winners. At the beginning, the coalition between the followers of Villa and Zapata seemed to overcome, but forces led by Carranza, under the military command of the brilliant general Álvaro Obregón won the fight.
- The Autonomous University of Nuevo Leon (AUNL) was founded 75 years ago. It seems like a long time has gone by since this house of higher education first opened its doors, thanks to a few young men who were ahead of their time. It was through them that science, technology, and the humanities took root in the state of Nuevo Leon. To truly understand the scale of their impact, we must go back to the early efforts made by the people of Nuevo Leon to overcome adversity and create a center of professional training they could rely on. Generation after generation, the university students of Nuevo Leon have blazed new trails into greater knowledge, strengthening their bonds with society and tailoring their teaching, research, and extracurricular activities to its needs. In light of the challenges posed by globalization today, the UANL continues to modify and modernize its educational portfolio, training the individuals who will drive national development and become more competitive worldwide.
- 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.
- 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.
- During the first days of Mexican cinema, facts that now form part of the history of our country were recorded documentary style. With the passing of time, a plot-driven cinema has been developed which has recreated major happenings from different points of view such as the Conquest, the colonial period, Mexico after independence and particularly the time of the Revolution. In the last few years, film makers have occupied themselves with shaping a vision of recent events of the past few decades for the big screen, such as the massacre of October 2, 1968 or the recent violence in the state of Guerrero.
- This program details the life and death of Pancho Villa, a man who rose up from poverty as a bandit and later became one of the greatest generals of the Mexican Revolution. Virtually illiterate, but with a great memory and a powerful mind, Villa was sweet with children and yet quick to kill. His character placed him among the symbolic figures of his "good angel" and friend, the general Felipe Ángeles, and his gunman Rodolfo Fierro, known to his men as "the butcher".
- This program describes the history of democracy in Mexico: the democratic ambitions etched out in the Constitution and their historic reality; the hopes, fears and disappointments that the word 'democracy' has inspired in Mexicans, in the past and in the present, but above all, in the future democratic process that the country is living.
- 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.
- War is cruel and civil war is the cruelest of all. With the Cristiada, Mexico lives this tragic and popular dimension. An internal fight in which the enemy factions were being put up in the same house. ¿Could there be anyone to relate this story? The history of the suffering felt by the people, the families, the towns - In those times the country lived divided - in the country of panic.
- Mario Moreno Reyes, the creator of one the most outstanding comic characters in Mexico during the twentieth century, gave a voice to Cantinflas, the unique little poor guy from the neighborhood who, perfecting the art of not saying anything, achieved, better than anybody, true communication with the audience.
- Since its foundation in 1928, the Bank of Mexico has been the only institution authorized to issue money in the country. And due to this, its collaboration in putting an end to the banking and financial chaos inherited from the Revolution was fundamental. Just as important have been its directives to control inflation and to fix a monetary policy that favors the progress of the economy. But it has not always been able to act in this way.
- 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.
- 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.
- Venustiano Carranza became a leader of the second phase of the Revolution, during the rising up against the government of Victoriano Huerta, Madero's assassin. With one foot in the past and one planted in the future, Carranza presided over the debates surrounding the 1917 Constitution. He was socially progressive and without parallel at his time. This program is a portrait of this man, led toward tragedy for ultimately not understanding his historical moment.
- A director of more than 47 movies, Roberto Gavaldón was a severe man who dedicated 30 years of his life to create work in which his great ability for balancing commercial interests of the film industry with his restlessness for creating quality films can be observed. This can be seen in ''Pito Pérez'', ''Los hijos que yo soñé (The Sons Whom I Dreamed)'', ''Días de otoño (Days of Autumn)'', ''Miércoles de ceniza (Ash Wednesday)'', ''Aquí está Heraclio Bernal'' and ''Historia de un amor (Love Story)''.
- From the colonial hispanism, to the most adverse expressions of the indigenismo (value of the indigenous identity) in the 19th and 20th centuries, the Conquest of Mexico and its protagonists have been valuated differently through time. In this final chapter of the series, we make a journey through these expressions, appreciating the legacy left through the centuries and the symbolism's that were written in the history of Mexico, from the 16th century to the present.
- Between the peace and progress of the regime of Porfirianism and the clamor of the Revolution, two generations of exceptional Mexicans surfaced, headed by Alfonso Caso, José Vasconcelos, Pedro Henríquez Ureña, Alfonso Reyes, Vicente Lombardo, Daniel Cosio Villegas and Manuel Gómez Morín. Their determination to 'do something' for Mexico led them to create institutions like the Secretariat of Public Education or the Bank of Mexico. This, however, did not stop them from becoming harsh critics of the Revolution's regime or opposing its politics. In more than one sense, one would not be able to explain the Mexico of today without mentioning the contributions of these seven masters.