The History in the Gaze

The film portraits the stage previous to the outbreak of the Mexican Revolution, from the end of Porfirio Díaz´ government, the social volatility, the ephemeral government of Madero and the presence of the working class in the figures of Villa and Zapata, until the signing if the Constitution of 1917. All of this through moving images, filmed during those events mainly by the Alva brothers, filmmakers of that time. Those images let us perceive the contradictory and shuddered glance of the people of that period.

• Carlos Martínez-AssadScreenplay
• José Ramón MikelajáureguiDirector
• José Ramón MikelajáureguiScreenplay

• Porfirio DíazSelf (archive footage)
• Francisco I. MaderoSelf (archive footage)
• Emiliano ZapataSelf (archive footage)
• Pancho VillaSelf (archive footage)