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The Black Legend of Mexican Cinema
During 1950, Miguel Contreras Torres led a group of filmmakers to officially denounce William O. Jenkins' monopoly on film theaters, which was built throughout the country upon crime and corruption. Ever since, Uncle Miguel was ridiculed and eventually forgotten, but it is certain that his proclaim announced the separation of Mexican cinema and its audience. Discoveries may be found in the films made by Miguel, and bringing back to life these moving pictures might recover this history that was never told, a story that is almost lost and that Contreras Torres himself tried to pass on through his writings in The Black Book of Mexican Cinema.
| Release : | 2016 |
| Rating : | 7.2 |
| Studio : | Consejo Nacional para la cultura y las artes, Fondo para la Producción Cinematográfica de Calidad, Centro Universitario de Estudios Cinematográficos (CUEC), |
| Crew : | Art Direction, Post Production Supervisor, |
| Cast : | Jorge Ayala Blanco Miguel Contreras Torres Carlos Monsiváis |
| Genre : | Documentary |
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I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.
This is a tender, generous movie that likes its characters and presents them as real people, full of flaws and strengths.
n my opinion it was a great movie with some interesting elements, even though having some plot holes and the ending probably was just too messy and crammed together, but still fun to watch and not your casual movie that is similar to all other ones.
All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.
