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- The Kikapus established themselves in Mexico at the end of the twentieth century, fleeing from indigenous reservation politics in the United States. At the moment they have the right of free passage over the border and they work half of the year as agricultural day laborers in the United States and spend the other half of the year in Mexico, living according to their traditions and customs.
- Throughout the 20th century and today, Sinaloa consolidated its presence as a land of Mexicans and foreign immigrants committed to agriculture and livestock in Mexico. Separated on occasion by political differences brought on by the Revolution, or pushed aside either because they belonged to private enterprise or because they ran small-scale operations, the farmers of Sinaloa understood that further along down the road, their modern enemies and rivals would go by different names: a progressive lack of water, river pollution, technological drawbacks, and a lack of competitiveness on global markets. By accepting new challenges and preparing to meet them, Sinaloa stands today as a clear example of the capacity of Mexican agriculture to face the challenges of the future.
- An effort to focus on the universally important contributions of the modern Mexican tradition to the country as well as to the entire world. We show how the lessons of European masters were transformed, nationalized and developed into creative proposals that were brilliant and original. We explore how these innovations were put to the service of the people, in order to provide answers to the changes in Mexican society, to its ways of living and to the possible uses of the country's public and private spaces. The construction of the Ciudad Universitaria (university zone), the erect, sky scraping buildings of Barragan, the levitating forms of the churches of Candela and many other innovators and innovations of modern Mexican architecture figure as focal points of this program.
- The Soler brothers created a new style of acting and played roles in hundreds of films. The most famous members of the family (Fernando, Domingo, Andrés) specialized in roles that portrayed authority figures, yet they also acted in comedies and other genres. This documentary looks at the family through the lens of their best and most typical roles.
- This is the story of the life and the movies of María Félix, ''the most beautiful woman in the world'', who became the public's favorite female movie star in Mexico and Latin America. Although she enjoyed considerable acceptance in Europe, she disdained Hollywood films and would not make them. The documentary presents her adventurous and combative life through photographs, filmed material and extracts from her movies which are used to illustrate the most important moments of her real life.
- Family was essential to Carlos Salinas as he was growing up. Son of a failed presidential candidate, his older brother was the designated heir for a longing that would ultimately be fulfilled by Carlos Salinas. He, his father and his brother Raúl are the principal figures in this story of the making of a president.
- This film presents the life and are of one of the greatest directors of Mexican cinema, an important figure in world cinema, and a colossal myth maker and excellent actor in Mexico and the United States. Tireless lover and violent enemy, ''the Indian'' Fernández is an obligatory reference toward understanding the creative power of Mexican cinema.
- This is the second decade of the 21st century and Mexico, with nearly 24 million tourists annually, is the tenth most visited country in the entire world. Each year 79 million vehicles go through its border, crossing one million foreigners in the southern border and 400 thousand illegal immigrants roam Mexico to reach the United States. In our 104 seaports, 3 million passengers arrive with 250 million tons of products with them. Our roads and railways move 500 million tons of goods, plants and animals. As if all of these were not enough, 300 species of migratory birds, bats and insects, in addition to 40 hurricanes on average, arrive in the country each year bringing million of spores, parasites, fungi and bacteria that affect our food production. Against this, an efficient institution of more than 3000 employees, including technicians, scientists and planners perform all monitoring containment and strategic tasks, allowing to keep Mexico as one of the countries with the highest standards of health, safety and quality in the agribusiness world.
- As a child, Roberto Gómez Bolaños dreamed of being a soccer player or an engineer; acting seemed ridiculous to him. But with the passing of time he discovered his true vocation. First as a writer and then as an actor, he gave life to various characters, including two of the most popular in the history of Mexican television.
- This program delves into the biography and work of one of the most representative directors of Mexican cinema. A creator of stories, characters and film genres that still live on in the popular imagery of various generations. Thanks to Ismael Rodríguez's films, Pedro Infante became the most lasting myth of Mexican culture.
- Through a wide variety of first-hand testimonies, Mexican women express their aspirations, experiences and dilemmas. On the one hand, they venture into new careers, professions and projects while on the other, they face the pressures of the past. The inversion of traditional roles, and the responsibilities that this demands, have modified many social structures. Today it can be said that the liberation of women also implies the liberation of men.
- The Lotería Nacional has been around for more than two centuries. This program takes a look at it founders and its history from the colonial period forward. It considers the people tied to the lottery: ticket sellers and young announcers on the street. It deals with the different drawings that can make us millionaires. Winning the lottery is not only part of the imagination: it is perfectly possible. One only has to play: buy a ticket, and in doing so, you also contribute to a program that benefits the public.
- One of the most important players of the Mexican Revolution, Emiliano Zapata - leader of "a people who made revolution in order avoid change", in order to preserve their land and their customs - is also a legendary figure whose influence in social struggles in Mexico endures to our present day.
- Eulalio González Ramírez, better known as ''El Piporro'' (''the pipe player''), expressed an entire cultural universe of northern Mexico through his films. ''El Piporro'' reached the level of an authentic northern legend, becoming an intimate figure in popular Mexican mind.
- Based on an in-depth interview, carried out by the historian Enrique Krauze with the then-president of Mexico Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de León, this documentary is a revelatory testimony of the personal, professional and political life of a man who had to dodge innumerable obstacles during his presidential term.
- Just like a Shakespearean story about the collapse of powerful men, this video narrates the impressive rise and fall of Carlos Salinas de Gortari. Elected amid charges of electoral fraud, he became the architect of the Free Trade Treaty and the champion of a more liberal economic policy and privatizations, which brought him acclaim at home and beyond the country's borders. But finally, he had to suffer the turnarounds that took place during his term: the guerrilla uprising, political murders and shortly after his time, the grave financial crisis for which he was largely blamed, not to mention the incarceration of his brother who was accused of murder.
- In the program The Traveling Pope we pass through the details of the life of Karol Wojtyla, from his childhood and youth in Communist Poland up to the moment when he was elected Holy Father in October 1978 and assumed the name of John Paul II. As a representative of the Holy See, he was called the Pope of Peace because of his propensity toward dialogue and unity, though his critics considered him to be a contradictory man. During his papacy he visited more than 600 cities in 129 countries and his pastoral visits promoted and spread the Catholic religion. His political influence contributed to the fall of Communism and in 2000, in celebration of the Jubilee, he visited Jerusalem. Millions of people looked toward Rome, seeking both guidance and consolation for their spiritual and moral troubles. John Paul II maintained contact with the faithful up until just shortly before his death on April 2, 2005. John Paul II will be remembered as the Pope who, in the years of the changing century, began a new era in the Catholic Church.
- The third of the big three leading men was born in a needy neighborhood of Mexico City, and his rise to stardom was a quick journey from poverty to wealth. His origins, in comparison to those of Negrete and Infante, made him better equipped to represent the poor Mexican man, with his problems and his temptations. With Solís, singing heroes of the Mexican cinema laid down roots in a city that was less idealized and more real.
- Through testimonies taken from a large variety of young people, this documentary expresses the aspirations, frustrations, complaints and proposals for the future from a generation of young people who, despite skepticism and suffering, constitute the most extensive and vigorous group in Mexico.
- What are antiques? What is the specific passion that motivates their jealous custodians, the antiquarians? When an object, besides being beautiful, carries the stigma of the generations of that attended to it and valued it; when that object was sculpted, appreciated and cared for by the hands and eyes of those who are now dead; when it reminds us of our family and cultural history with its presence, then that object is called ''an antique''. In this program, we unravel the reasons that explain how a value is placed on nostalgia and art, and also how it is fixed in relation to the prosaic and necessary market.
- This program details the life and death of Pancho Villa, a man who rose up from poverty as a bandit and later became one of the greatest generals of the Mexican Revolution. Virtually illiterate, but with a great memory and a powerful mind, Villa was sweet with children and yet quick to kill. His character placed him among the symbolic figures of his "good angel" and friend, the general Felipe Ángeles, and his gunman Rodolfo Fierro, known to his men as "the butcher".
- The representation of the devil in Mexican cinema almost always comes in the from of parody. It is normal for Lucifer to appear in a comic way, trying to lead humanity astray from the right path. Villanis watch from the darkness, in order to find the way to stop the innocent ones' happiness. They are characters capable of ruining the life of the most decent woman. Melodrama is a genre that needs villains so that, after the tale's initial misfortune, the story can come to a happy ending. Perhaps the effectiveness of those old films is due to the fact that they recreated a world of dreams, where good knew how to triumph and evil was always defeated.
- In 1921, with a Boeing B40 flight that covered the distance between Mexico City and Tampico, the airline Mexicana de Aviación took off. Since then, Mexicana has multiplied its routes, inventing services such as the fully-paid trip and the one-class system. It has contributed to the development of national tourism and generally raised Mexico's name up into the clouds.
- This program presents the history and nature of the Mexican soap opera: its formulas, its audience, its conservative values, its national and international success, and its past, present and future, all presented with humor while maintaining a serious and analytic focus.
- Jorge Negrete, a young man from a middle-class background who had studied opera, transformed himself into the great singer of ranchera music in Mexican cinema. His version of the Mexican charro established an image of the Mexican as a man of honor and a man on horseback. This program gives a look at his best films and the most important happenings of his life, including the gigantic public event that was his wedding with the actress María Félix.