Global Voices
El General
Season 7 Episode 10 | 1h 21m 12sVideo has Closed Captions
Watch this film through September 1.
Filmmaker Natalia Almada brings to life audio recordings she inherited about her great-grandfather, General Plutarco Elías Calles, a revolutionary general who became president of Mexico in 1924 but is remembered today as a dictator who was exiled in 1936. The film moves between memories of a woman grappling with history’s portrait of her father and the weight of his legacy on the country today.
Problems playing video? | Closed Captioning Feedback
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Global Voices
El General
Season 7 Episode 10 | 1h 21m 12sVideo has Closed Captions
Filmmaker Natalia Almada brings to life audio recordings she inherited about her great-grandfather, General Plutarco Elías Calles, a revolutionary general who became president of Mexico in 1924 but is remembered today as a dictator who was exiled in 1936. The film moves between memories of a woman grappling with history’s portrait of her father and the weight of his legacy on the country today.
Problems playing video? | Closed Captioning Feedback
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Coming to Global Voices: El General
Preview: S7 Ep10 | 30s | Airing Sunday, August 3, 2014 at 10/9c on World Channel (30s)
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