The Storm That Swept Mexico

2011•2h 4m•8.5/10

DocumentaryTV Movie

Ratings

🎬TMDb

8.5/10(1)

The Storm That Swept Mexico tells the gripping story of the Mexican Revolution of 1910, the first major political and social revolution of the 20th century. The revolution not only changed the course of Mexican history, transforming economic and political power within the nation, but also profoundly impacted the relationships between Mexico, the U.S. and the rest of the world.

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Production

Corporation for Public Broadcasting, PBS, Paradigm Productions

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Luis Valdez

Narrator

Alex Saragoza

Self - Professor, UC Berkeley

Barry Carr

Self - Professor, La Trobe University, Melbourne

Romana Falcon

Self - Professor, El Colegio de Mexico

Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas Solórzano

Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas Solórzano

Self - Son of Lázaro Cárdenas

Adolfo Gilly

Self - Professor, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico

Friedrich Katz

Self - Professor, University of Chicago

Laura Gonzáles Y Matute

Self - Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico

Max Parra

Self - Professor, UC San Diego

Elena Poniatowska

Elena Poniatowska

Self - Novelist/Journalist (as Elena Poniatowska Amor)

Ramón Ruíz

Self - Professor, UC San Diego

Jesus Vargas

Self - Professor, Universidad Autonoma de Ciudad Juarez

Plutarco Elías Calles

Self - President of Mexico (archive footage)

Nelly Campobello

Self - (archive footage)

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