The advent of cinema in Mexico was received with great anticipation and soon emerged the first national films. As in the other film industries, the production of documentaries was very generous and had its great moment in the years of the Mexican Revolution. Also in the second decade of the last century fiction cinema experienced a moment of glory, obtaining relevant films that made think about the possibility of consolidating a national film industry. However, it lacked a strong institutional support to indigenous cinema able to counteract the enormous competition from Hollywood productions.... [Leer más...]