Porfirio Díaz
Actor · 1830 – 1915 · Oaxaca, Mexico
Movies6
- Movie10.0Documentary
One of the earliest Mexican feature-length documentary
Fiestas presidenciales en Mérida
1906 · 1 votes
Movie7.1DocumentaryHistoryA history of the Mexican Revolution (1910-17), narrated through the striking images of the enormous film archive of Salvador Toscano (1872-1947), pioneer of Mexican cinema, compiled by his daughter, Carmen Toscano.
Movie5.7ComedyOne more of the numerous films of Julio Aldama Jr.
En los cascos de un caballo
1997 · 3 votes
Movie5.0DocumentaryA mounted Mexican president poses for the camera.
Le Président en Promenade
1896 · 10 votes
Movie3.2DocumentaryHistoryThe first meeting of a U.S. president and a Mexican president took place when William Howard Taft met Porfirio Díaz on 16 October 1909, in El Paso. The meeting was celebrated in both El Paso and Juárez with parades, elaborate receptions, lavish gifts and large crowds. Shot by the pioneers of Mexican Cinema the brothers Alva. This is a typical example of newsreel material prior to the Mexican revolution. By hemerographical references we know that this footage was presented to the then president of Mexico General Porfirio Díaz in the Castle of Chapultepec, then residence of the president.
La entrevista de los presidentes Díaz-Taft
The Meeting of President Taft and President Díaz at El Paso, Texas
1909 · 3 votes
Movie6.8HistoryDocumentaryThe film portraits the stage previous to the outbreak of the Mexican Revolution, from the end of Porfirio Díaz´ government, the social volatility, the ephemeral government of Madero and the presence of the working class in the figures of Villa and Zapata, until the signing if the Constitution of 1917. All of this through moving images, filmed during those events mainly by the Alva brothers, filmmakers of that time. Those images let us perceive the contradictory and shuddered glance of the people of that period.