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The Black Legend of Mexican Cinema

IMDb6.5AgeNRRuntime1h 37m

2016 • Documentary • Starring Jorge Ayala Blanco

6.5TMDB(4 votes)

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About The Black Legend of Mexican Cinema

The Black Legend of Mexican Cinema (2016) blends Documentary elements. Top cast includes Jorge Ayala Blanco, María Teresa Cortés, and Concha Contreras Meléndez. Its story leans into tension and consequences as the central conflict unfolds.

Actor: Jorge Ayala Blanco

Synopsis

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.

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