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A film about Gen. Pancho
Villa and a panel discussion on Wednesday, Nov. 14, at California State
University, Fresno will commemorate the anniversary of the Mexican
Revolution.
The event, “Images about the Mexican Revolution,” from 3 to 7 p.m. in
Music Building, Room 160 (2380 E. Keats), features the 2003 television
film, “And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself.”
The event is free and open to the public. It is sponsored by the
Department of Chicano and Latin American Studies, the College of Social
Sciences and Central Valley Latin American Project.
The film is based on “The Life of General Villa,” which was shot by
Mutual Film Company in 1914 as a way for Villa to raise money for his
military campaign during the revolution. That original film used footage
of actual Villa battle scenes. The 2003 release stars Antonio Banderas
as the Mexican hero.
The panel following the film will include Dr. Jesus Luna, a Fresno State
history professor who specializes in Mexican history; Dr. Carlos Pérez,
chair of Chicano and Latin American Studies Department; and Dr. Ramón
Sánchez, Chicano and Latin American studies professor.
“The Mexican Revolution still impacts people’s lives, both in Mexico and
in the United States,” said Dr. Maria Lopes, Chicano and Latin American
studies professor who is event coordinator with Sánchez. “The United
States felt the changes in Mexico through immigration, commercial
rearrangements and state policies."
She said the film reflects the uncertainty of the revolutionary image,
especially in Hollywood movies.
“The traditional images of the revolution are in flux; consequently,
popular culture has reflected these recent image ambiguities,” she said.
The anniversary date of the Mexican Revolution observed in Mexico is
Nov. 20, when the war to overthrow dictator Porfirio Díaz began in
1910.
For more information contact Sanchez at 278.2239.
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