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Mexico: The Frozen Revolution

Mexico: The Frozen Revolution

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Status

Released

Release Date

May 10, 1973

Runtime

1h 5m

Genres

Documentary

User Score

60%

Original Title

México, la revolución congelada

Director

Raymundo Gleyzer

Description

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.