Hispanic Heritage Month: Mexican Revolution Film Festival
Location
Phone: 202-633-1000
Carmichael Auditorium, First Floor, Center
This one-day film festival features films related to the Mexican Revolution. Before each screening Adela Pineda, associate professor of Spanish at Boston University, will give a short introduction about the film and its relation to the revolution.
Viva Villa (1934)
Friday, Sept. 24; 11:00 a.m.
“Viva Villa” is a fictional biography of Pancho Villa. Directed by Jack Conway and starring Wallace Beery, the film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture.
The Wild Bunch (1969)
Friday, Sept. 24; 1:00 p.m.
“The Wild Bunch” is a western film about an aging outlaw gang on the Texas-Mexico border in 1913. The movie was directed by Sam Peckinpah.
Viva Zapata (1952)
Friday, Sept. 24; 3:00 p.m.
“Viva Zapata” is a fictionalized account of the life of Mexican Revolutionary Emiliano Zapata. Directed by Elia Kazan and starring Marlon Brando.
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