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El General / directed and written by Natalia Almada ; produced by Daniela Alatorre and Natalia Almada ; a co-production of Altamura Films and the Independent Television Service (ITVS) in association with Latino Public Broadcasting (LPB) ... [and others].
LIBRA DVD 022 559
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Spanish
- Subjects (All):
- Calles, Plutarco Elías, 1877-1945.
- Calles, Plutarco Elías.
- Calles, Plutarco Elías, 1877-1945--Family.
- Families.
- Mexico--History--1910-1946.
- Mexico.
- History.
- Genre:
- Biographical films.
- Historical films.
- Documentary films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (83 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
- Edition:
- English version.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Women Make Movies, 2009.
- Language Note:
- In English and Spanish with Spanish and English subtitles.
- System Details:
- DVD; stereo.
- digital
- optical
- stereo
- video file
- DVD video
- Summary:
- Filmmaker Natalia Almada's great-grandfather Plutarco Elias Calles served as a general in the Mexican Revolution and became the president of Mexico in 1924. Today, he is remembered as a dictator who ruled through puppet presidents until his exile in 1936. Inspired by audio recordings Almada inherited from her grandmother about her great-grandfather, the film presents a complex and visually arresting portrait of a family and country living under the shadows of the past.
- Participant:
- With Natalia Almada and Alicia Calles.
- Credits:
- Director of photography, Chuy Chavez ; edited by Natalia Almada ; original music, John Zorn, Marc Ribot, and Shazahd Ismaili.
- Notes:
- Title from feature.
- Videodisc release of the 2009 documentary.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.
- OCLC:
- 495846760
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