As I write controversy over the recent Mexican elections (2012) are rumbling on. Amid allegations of fraud, the PRI has been declared winners and are returning to power. The reasons for this are complicated, support for them varies across the country and the win was far from resounding.[i] It was a bitterly fought election and…
Month: July 2012
Cine y cambio político en México
Un artículo interesante y relacionado con mi actual estudio: “El papel del cine mexicano en el cambio democrático de México (1968-2000)” por Hugo Lara Chávez
The Mexican Revolution on Film – some recent books
Thanks to the 2010 commemoration of the centenary of the Revolution, its representation on screen has garnered reknewed attention. This is welcome after many years of comparative neglect. As, apart from a select number of supposedly exceptional films, ¡Vámonos con Pancho Villa! (Fernando de Fuentes, 1936) and the auteurist films by Emilio ‘El indio’ Fernández, they…