The read
It runs a compact 1h 5m.
Synopsis
A thorough analysis of the socio-politics of Mexico, within the historical context of the Mexican Revolution reality. Includes footage from the 1910s, interviews with farmers, politicians, intellectuals, middle class, union, etc, as well as scenes from the life of an Indian family in Chiapas, their religious rituals, their crops, trials and bilingual schools. The film ends with the slaughter in the Plaza de Tlatelolco in 1968, during the infamous Olympics.
Ratings
IMDb8/10
7 audience votes
Key crew
- Raymundo GleyzerDirector
- Raymundo GleyzerWriter
Stills
Themes
mexican revolutionpolitical unrest