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- A man tries to transport an ancient gun called The Mexican, believed to carry a curse, back across the border, while his girlfriend pressures him to give up his criminal ways.
- At a time when immigration reform continues to be one of the most heated topics in political and business circles, this 2-hour special reexamines the controversial war that resulted in the United States taking control of what was nearly half of Mexico's territory. Featuring lavish reenactments, and interviews with both Mexican and American historians to ensure accuracy from both nations' points of view, we convey the story of President James K. Polk's desire to expand US territory to the Pacific Ocean. Hosted by boxing legend Oscar de la Hoya, we also travel to Mexico City to visit the historic Castillo de Chapultepec, where the climactic battle of the war took place, and the Palacio Nacional, the home of Mexico's government.
- A Mexican searches Texas for his kidnapped children and gets mixed up with an organ harvester in the black market.
- It began as a border dispute, but soon escalated into a 16-month conflict that transformed a continent. This critically acclaimed documentary series explores the events surrounding the conflict between two neighboring nations struggling for land, power and identity. In the war, Mexico lost almost half of its national territory -- the present Southwest from Texas to California -- to the United States. Although the war lasted only two years, its outcome not only transformed the boundaries of these neighboring countries, but it also shifted the balance of world powers and shaped the destinies of each nation. The four segments are: [1] Neighbors and strangers; [2] War for the borderlands; [3] The hour of sacrifice; [4] The fate of nations. This program is the first to study both sides of the conflict, presenting a historical panorama filled with unforgettable characters such as Mexican President Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, General Zachary Taylor, and Winfield Scott.
- Land, labor, educational reform, and political empowerment are the four themes of this documentary regarding the Mexican American civil rights movement from 1965 to 1975.
- It is the Lindsay's wedding anniversary and they are fighting. To help them settle down with a house and children, Uncle Matt writes Lord Epping for his help in getting the Lindsay's a war orphan. Unfortunately, he does not state which war and Epping gets one from WWI. The orphan is Fifi who is in her twenties and there is trouble for Uncle Matt and Dennis if their wives find out. So Uncle Matt takes Fifi to the Bide-A-While Inn to hide her, but Miss Pepper believes that something is wrong with this couple with the same last names. Trouble brews when Uncle Matt pretends to be Lord Epping and Fifi's boyfriend Pierre comes looking for her.
- A terrifying tale of murder and revenge that takes place as Slim Baxter attempts to destroy the terrible Morales gang and save his lovely bride Esmeralda.
- Loosely based on a true story. Anglo wife plots to kill her husband with help from an illegal immigrant day-laborer she hides in her closet.
- Gomez has kidnapped Don Roberto and is holding him for ransom. Hoping to rescue Roberto and his daughter, Smith gets a job in Gomez's camp supposedly to repair their guns. Instead he fixes the guns so they will misfire. When Gomez refuses to let him go, he sends his horse for the Sheriff.
- The Mexican Dream, is a Tragic comedy about the longings and delusions that lure so many illegal immigrants to this country. It's a fractured story about a naive, impulsive, but above all else passionate man, one who will do anything for his family, who will stop at nothing to live his dream. It is a look into one of the major social issues of the 21st century, immigration. Ajileo journeys from his home in Zapotitlan de Salinas, a village in southern Mexico, makes a perilous border crossing through the desert, and comes to Hollywood, where everything and nothing is as he dreamed it would be.
- A documentary-style commercial for the iconic Mexican soda that was shot all across the country with real people and in real locations, featuring chef Carmen Miranda, La China Sonidera, and actual Latin American immigrants in Tijuana.
- Covering the complexities of the Mexican Revolution, and utilized rare still photographs and motion picture footage some never before seen on television including the funeral of Emiliano Zapata.
- Tony Perez, a Mexican cowpuncher, is driven from the ranch where he is employed for some misdemeanor or other, and after vainly endeavoring to find work, tries the gate of Dan Farman's ranch, "The Mosquito," and applies for a job. His hard luck story rings true and old Dan, who is of a charitable turn, puts the Mexican to work. Alice Farman, the daughter and "flower of the ranch," is in love with Nat Michaels, the ranch foreman. Perez, who has seen Alice from time to time, becomes deeply infatuated with the girl, and one day when he encounters her alone, he voices his passionate love. The girl shakes her head and scorns him. Perez then insults the girl and attempts to kiss her. A darkey servant, who has been near, sees this, and running to the bunkhouse, summons a number of cowboys. Alice, raging with indignation, tells them that the Mexican had insulted her. The mounted cowboys ask where Perez has gone and when she indicates that he has run to his cabin, they ride off in that direction, telling her they will attend to the "dirty greaser." An hour later they return, with the despairing Mexican their prisoner. He is lashed to hitching post, while one of the cowboys summons Alice. The Mexican is sentenced to a fearful horse-whipping and Alice is invited to administer the lashes, but she revolts against this brutal treatment. The Mexican begs for mercy and finally she forces the cowboys to release him. Perez is immediately reformed and becomes a most faithful and valuable servant. Several weeks elapse and Dick Chalmers, an easterner, arrives at the ranch. He falls in love with Alice, but each proposal he makes is refused by her. The girl at last is forced to confess to her fiancé the annoying attentions paid her by Chalmers, and Michaels, very indignant, tells her that he will make short work of the easterner if he persist in his insults toward her. Chalmers, who is "black" clean through, resolves to have Alice at any price. He engages a Mexican greaser to help him and together they kidnap the girl and carry her to a deserted cabin. Tony Perez, however, has followed them to the cabin and overpowering the Mexican, who is acting as sentinel at the door, rushes into the shack in time to spare Alice from any further indignities at the hands of Chalmers. Perez's knife flashes and would have made quick work of Chalmers had Alice not interfered. Tony understands and draws back, slipping the knife into its sheath. Then Chalmers, realizing his narrow escape, hastily rises and slinks out of the cabin. Tony sinks on his knee and kisses the girl's hand. He has kept the faith.
- A Mexican officer is desirous of obtaining the intentions of the American troops. He converses with Decastro, who suggests that they send Juanita, a Spanish girl, into the American line. Juanita succeeds in getting acquainted with Lieutenant Harvey, of the American troops. Harvey teaches her telegraphy. Juanita, so far, has not been successful in securing any information that would be of use to the Mexican government, so she plans to admit Decastro into the telegraph office, when on one is there but the lieutenant. Decastro, after a struggle, subdues the lieutenant, and carries him to the Mexican general. Juanita, who is in love with the lieutenant, takes good care that no harm is done to her lover, and plans his rescue. The Mexican general orders that he give him all the information he can. He promptly refuses. Juanita interrupts and asks to be left alone with Harvey. Her request is granted. Now she plans his rescue. She dashes away to a telegraph pole, climbs, taps the wires, connects them with her instrument and is successful in conveying the news to the American troops. Enraged at the apparent treachery of Juanita and the persistent refusal of Harvey, the Mexican officer determines that the lieutenant be shot at sunrise. The execution is interrupted by the arrival of the American troops and Lieutenant Harvey is restored to his freedom and the loving arms of his sweetheart.
- Mr. Starry, a banker, has been successfully selling stock in a company to work a gold mine in Mexico. The editor of the "Daily Truth" has received information which warrants him to expose the scheme of Mr. Starry, who has become enormously wealthy by the sale of this fraudulent stock. George Ferguson, a war correspondent on the "Daily Truth," while returning 4from the Balkan service, forms the acquaintance of the banker's daughter, Margaret, and falls in love with her. On his arrival his editor informs him of this stock jobbing scheme and tells him that he must proceed with all haste to Mexico and make a thorough investigation. Banker Starry has been informed of the "Daily Truth's" activeness, and his prospective son-in-law, James Park, makes a very attractive proposition to Ferguson to induce him to give up his trip, which results in a duel. Park is slightly wounded and then and there decides to precede Ferguson to Mexico to prevent him at all hazards from sending anything but a good report of the mine proposition. He visits all the dives and makes the acquaintance of many bandits and lion tamers who will serve his purpose. On the arrival of Ferguson, Park arranges to have him directed to the lion tamer's camp where Ferguson is taken prisoner and placed in a cage divided in two parts, one part is occupied by ten lions. Park has provided a table, pen, ink and paper and has lighted a candle, informs his prisoner that he must make up his mind before the candle burns out to write up a glowing account of the mines to be sent to the "Daily Truth," or he will pull the chain that will lift the door allowing the lions in to devour him. Ferguson's guides have located him by this time and have determined that the only way to save him is to set fire to the building. This they do and amid the roar of the lions and the licking of the flames he makes a miraculous escape and arrives back in London to the office of the "Daily Truth," which denounces the fraudulent gold mine proposition in glowing headlines. Banker Starry and his beautiful daughter, Margaret, make a sudden departure for Switzerland. James Park lost his life amid the lions and fire. Ferguson resigns from the staff of the "Daily Truth" and leaves for Switzerland, where he finds the banker and his daughter, who has refunded every cent to the stockholders of the gold mine scheme through the "Daily Truth." The banker's daughter is now Mrs. Ferguson.
- A Mexican spitfire romances an American soldier to make her Mexican lover jealous. When the lover is about to kill his rival, she convinces him it was all a joke and the two reconcile.
- John and Jane, a pair of rednecks in rural Texas, are barely able to stand each other. Only the arrival of the Living Dead... Mexicans, can bring them together.
- Rita's parents leave her seated comfortably on the porch, but before they have been gone long, Juan, a Mexica, joins her. He offers demonstrations of his affection, to which Rita objects. When he becomes too persistent she slaps him. This, from Rita, he might have pardoned, had not Dick, her sweetheart, at this moment arrived and added the final indignity of a kick. Juan feels he is justified in thirsting for revenge and leaves the two lovers. He goes then to a shack where are some of his associates. To these friends he tells the tale and engages their services to help him punish Dick. Meanwhile Rita and her sweetheart start for a stroll through the palms and it is here the Mexican and his companions see them. They hide and when the two unconscious lovers come near they grab Dick. The strong effort he makes for freedom is useless; he is soon overpowered and dragged away. The Mexican lingers behind long enough to triumph over Rita and then follows his captive. For a moment her brain refuses to act, but she soon braces up and goes in search of help. She rushes to their stable and hurries the half-breed to Dick's assistance. She shows the trail to her companion and together they follow it. When Juan reaches the shack, he, with his friends, make merry and enjoy Dick's fruitless endeavors to loosen his bonds. The Mexican seats himself before the door as a guard, and at Rita's instruction (for she has located the shack) the half-breed stuns him and then dashes off with Juan's horses. Rita loses no time in freeing Dick, but Juan, who soon recovered from the blow, has warned the other Mexicans that they have been found and they all enter the shack. Any further trouble they might cause is avoided by the timely arrival of Rita's father, whom the half-breed brings to the cabin.
- Joe Curvey, a Mexican, finds a baby girl in a basket on his ranch. He adopts her. Eighteen years later, a bitter race animosity against the Mexicans prompts Charlie Mason, leader of a gang of cowboys to assault Curvey, when he calls at the local store for supplies. Thinking that they would not molest Dolores, his adopted daughter, sends her on his next errand. A female makes no difference, and the toughs bombard the Mexican's hut. Dolores manages to escape, but quickly returns with Clarence Stowell, and his fellows, who immediately disperse the invaders. Delores and Clarence fall in love. The Mexican, rankling under the many injustices, calls his friends together, and there is a lively battle between rangers, cowpunchers, and Mexicans. The Mexican and his daughter are captured, but are soon released by the timely appearance of Clarence Stowell.
- Tom, son of Colonel Loring, is a handsome but dissipated youth, easily influenced to moral transgressions. Mary Lee, the pay-master's daughter, loves Tom despite his failings, and tries desperately though vainly to reform him. Senor Luis Rivera, polished and apparently wealthy (in reality a spy) becomes intimate with Tom, who, to keep up his end and pay his gambling loses to Rivera, and steals $5,000 from the Paymaster's safe. Rivera threatens to expose Tom's theft unless he steals for him the plans of forts in the southwest, proposing to give back the money, which Tom may replace in the safe, if he does so. Tom cannot resist the temptation, and secures the plans from his father's office, but before he has delivered the drawings to Rivera, Mary learns of the situation, and by pawning her jewels and using a little legacy, raises enough money to replace that stolen. She then forces Tom to defy Rivera, and replaces the plans. No one suspects Tom, but he realizes that he is breaking the hearts of his father and the girl, and swears that he will prove worthy of their love. Rivera has gone away. Tom disappears and under another name enlists in the army, leaving a note for Mary in which he tells her that she will not see him again until he has redeemed his shameful past. Shortly afterward the regiment, to which Tom has become attached, is ordered to the southwestern border on account of difficulty arising with the Republic of Mexico. In the meantime Mary has applied for and received an appointment as a Red Cross nurse and is herself sent to the border. One day after her arrival she is sent by the surgeon in charge to a point some distance away from the hospital and is greatly surprised to find the soldier assigned to drive the wagon furnished for her transportation, none other than Tom. The two young folks are overjoyed to see one another again. Tom takes his seat with Mary and the escort inside and the journey starts. Rivera with his troop learns of the trip, and starts in pursuit of the little party. A running fight follows. Mary and Tom are the only ones left alive on the wagon. Tom stops the wagon and hastily mounting Mary on one of the mules, sends her in search of aid, while he undertakes to hold back the attacking Mexicans. Upon Mary's return with a troop of cavalry they find Tom lying wounded. Tom is taken to the hospital and with Mary's careful nursing is restored to health. Later Tom is made Lieutenant and secures Mary's hand.
- After studying filmmaking I rediscovered a book written by my mom's uncle, Miguel Contreras Torres, The Black Book of Mexican Cinema. Through his investigations I found out about his memorable life and the situation he lived in, how he witnessed a fresh successful film industry go down in the hands of the movie house monopoly owner William O. Jenkins. By looking and recycling his films and knowing the past, perhaps we can avoid repeating the same mistakes in this, the age of digital cinema.
- Things go wrong at the Luna Carnavalera.
- Mercy for Animals have done a new investigation into slaughterhouses owned by the Mexican government. Cows and pigs are painfully shocked in the eyes, hoisted upside down by chains, and bellowing in distress while choking on their own blood and vomit, all when they are still alive and can still feel pain.
- An SUV carrying 20 illegal immigrants fled from a police car along the US-Mexico border. Minutes later, the wrecked SUV and the bodies of six people, all Mexican citizens, were recovered from an irrigation canal a few miles away. A 15-year-old boy, Alejandro Toribio-Gama, was arrested and charged with six counts of murder for allegedly driving the vehicle. If convicted, he faces life in prison. With unprecedented access to Gama, an admitted member of an alien smuggling organization, this is the story of one boy's journey from an impoverished farming village in Mexico to the violent northern border, where tensions between smugglers and the U.S. Border Patrol have made it a deadly risk for migrants and their paid 'coyotes'.
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- Novelty short showcasing a troupe of acrobats.
- The Carrera Panamericana ... the Mexican Road Race. In its day it was the longest, fastest and likely wildest international automobile race ever staged. A World Championship event along with Le Mans, the Mille Miglia, Nürburgring and the Tourist Trophy, most drivers considered it the best-and the worst-of them all. From 1950 to 1954, it was witnessed by ten million spectators along a nearly 2,000-mile course that featured deserts where the faster cars could reach 180 mph and 10,000-foot mountain passes requiring first-gear operation. Carrera Panamericana influenced engineering and marketing from Michigan to Modena. Ferrari designed and named a model specifically for the race. Lincoln emerged as a high-performance sedan and Porsche's Carrera was named in honor of its wins. 1948 saw the birth of the Porsche brand with construction number 356. Its series production began two years later. From 1953 onwards, Porsche began to use a mid-engine roadster designed for motorsport, which was to have a long tradition of spectacular success: the 550 Spyder. Both the 356 and the 550 Spyder are very clearly featured in our film "The Mexican Way." We are telling the story of the birth of the Porsche Carrera! And we are telling the story of the rebels who put their lives on the line during the Carrera Panamericana, one of the world's most dangerous open road races. Our film is about danger and competition, hearing engines that sound angry but make people happy, seeing the drivers - the rebels. It works with emotions, heritage, consistency and something that is ... mystical. The 'Pan-Am' was so unconventional and fascinating that it came to hold the world's attention for a full week each year. It was one of the last of the great open road events and the first in which European and American cars could be compared and marked the return of US factory support to racing in America. With this new creation, Mexicans certainly had a thing going in their favour. A Mexican game, played by Mexican rules - on Mexican terrain. If you wanted to be part of it, you had to do it ... THE MEXICAN WAY.
- What can water springs in the middle of the desert teach us about the origin of life and sustainability? Cuatro Cienegas acts as a microcosm for our planet's evolution and teaches us about the perilous consequences of not looking after the environment.
- In Juan Forno's debut comedy special, filmed live at Cardel Theatre in Calgary, he talks about moving from Canada to the US, being a bi-racial baby, today's biggest problems with society, and his crazy family.
- Animal Equality Mexico has worked undercover and released footage for the second time in 2019, by revealing the country's illegal slaughterhouses and cruel treatment and slaughter of sheep and lambs. This video shows how such animals are horribly mistreated and killed in backyard pens and underground slaughterhouses in the States Hidalgo and Mexico, where they can be used for a popular dish called Barbacoa de Borrego.
- A Mercy for Animals undercover investigation took place into slaughterhouses owned by the Mexican government, where pigs are hooked in the mouth, stabbed in the neck and left to trash around before dying. Many pigs are bludgeoned to death, while a kid is encouraged to watch and take part in the bloodbath. Some pigs are even still alive and able to feel pain while getting dumped into scalding water. Cows are stabbed multiple times in the neck, and feel excruciating pain.
- Juan, a Mexican revolutionist, encamped with his compatriots outside of Guadalajara, volunteers to enter the Federal camp and learn the enemy's numbers. While on hostile ground Juan protects Marcella, a pretty Mexican girl, from the attack of an intoxicated Federal soldier. The latter is not so far deprived of his senses, however, but that he recognizes the revolutionist and gives the alarm. Juan, fleeing from the Federals, seeks shelter in the home of Marcella's father. Felipe, but he is apprehended and his two friends are taken with him, charged with being sympathizers. During the night Juan escapes from prison and joins his party, who proceed in force to Guadalajara, capture the city and liberate Marcella and Felipe. Juan's life is now beset with many dangers but he does not forget the charming girl who has shared his trials and two months later he is rewarded with her hand.
- Ruis, an old Mexican greaser, wishes to sell his daughter in marriage to Jose, a young Mexican who is deeply in love with her. She repulses his advances and defies her father, refusing to have anything to do with Jose as she is deeply in love with Jack Armstrong, an American soldier. Jose, noticing the infatuation of the girl for the American, tries in various ways to do away with him but he is outwitted at every turn and caught in his own trap, he decides that life is more sweet to him than the girl. Love will find a way and they cross the Mexican border to live in the country of the free.