Mexico: The Frozen Revolution

Mexico: The Frozen Revolution

 

(6 from 5 users)

1h 05m 1973 HD

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.


Related Movies

  • 1969
    Aidez l'Espagne

    Aidez l'Espagne

    Aidez l'Espagne

    61969HD

    The Colegio de Arquitectos de Catalunya commissioned Pere Portabella to make this film for the Joan Miró retrospective exhibit in 1969. There...

    Aidez l'Espagne
  • 2013
    Pussy Versus Putin

    Pussy Versus Putin

    Pussy Versus Putin

    5.52013HD

    In 2012 two members of anarchistic female band Pussy Riot were sentenced to two years in a Mordovian labor camp for "hooliganism motivated by...

    Pussy Versus Putin
  • 2011
    The History in the Gaze

    The History in the Gaze

    The History in the Gaze

    6.22011HD

    The film portraits the stage previous to the outbreak of the Mexican Revolution, from the end of Porfirio Díaz´ government, the social...

    The History in the Gaze
  • 1968
    Spain '68

    Spain '68

    Spain '68

    5.21968HD

    Spain, 1968. An analysis of the political and social situation of the country, suffocated by the boot of General Franco's tyrannical regime. (Filmed...

    Spain '68
  • 1990
    Dare to Dream: Anarchism in England in History and in Action

    Dare to Dream: Anarchism in England in History and in Action

    Dare to Dream: Anarchism in England in History and in Action

    01990HD

    Dare to Dream was directed by Marianne Jenkins, a film student from Goldsmiths' College, University of London, in 1990. It looks at the history of...

    Dare to Dream: Anarchism in England in History and in Action
  • 2022
    Riotsville, USA

    Riotsville, USA

    Riotsville, USA

    6.22022HD

    An archival documentary about the U.S. military’s response to the political and racial injustices of the late 1960s: take a military base,...

    Riotsville, USA
  • 1999
    A Question of Madness: The Furiousus

    A Question of Madness: The Furiousus

    A Question of Madness: The Furiousus

    01999HD

    In Capetown, South Africa, in September 1966, Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd, the architect of apartheid, was stabbed to death in Parliament. The...

    A Question of Madness: The Furiousus
  • 2008
    Stolen Kosovo

    Stolen Kosovo

    Stolen Kosovo

    8.52008HD

    Stolen Kosovo is a Czech language documentary by director Václav Dvořák (b. 1948), about the Serbian–Albanian conflict in...

    Stolen Kosovo
  • 2021
    Parallel Lives

    Parallel Lives

    Parallel Lives

    02021HD

    Born June 8, 1964, Frank Matter films four "twins", born the same day as him, but in other latitudes. Interweaving their life stories with rich...

    Parallel Lives
  • 1991
    Y vino el remolino (1910-1914)

    Y vino el remolino (1910-1914)

    Y vino el remolino (1910-1914)

    71991HD

    Chapter 3 of the series 18 decades of life in Mexico in the twentieth century. Images of the cultural, social and political life in Mexico between...

    Y vino el remolino (1910-1914)
  • 2024
    Love, Pascual

    Love, Pascual

    Love, Pascual

    02024HD

    The hope of a young historian to corroborate the existence of Pascual Vázquez, a supposed general of the Mexican revolution, materializes in...

    Love, Pascual
  • 2018
    History is Marching

    History is Marching

    History is Marching

    02018HD

    History is Marching is a feature length documentary analysing the rise in tensions between major powers across the globe over the course of 2018. The...

    History is Marching