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Mexico : dead or alive
- Title
- Mexico : dead or alive [videorecording] / [presented by] the National Film Board of Canada ; a film by Mary Ellen Davis.
- Publication
- New York, NY : First Run/Icarus Films, 1996.
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- Description
- 1 videocassette (56 min.) : sd., col.; 1/2 in.
- Summary
- An examination of politics and human rights violations in modern Mexico through the experiences of Dr. Mario Rojas Alba, a physician and former member of the Mexican Congress for the opposition Revolutionary Democratic Party (PRD). Dr. Alba, now a political refugee in Canada, makes a return trip to Mexico where he acts as guide and witness to the conflict between the government and the people's demands for justice and reform, as he struggles with his own position as an exile from the country he loves.
- Subjects
- Mexicans > Interviews
- All Souls' Day > Mexico
- Human rights > Mexico
- Films for the hearing impaired
- Partido Revolucionario Institucional
- Victims of crimes > Mexico
- Violence > Mexico
- Partido de la Revolución Democrática (Mexico)
- Political persecution > Mexico
- Political parties > Mexico
- Political refugees > Canada
- Murder > Mexico
- Mexico > Politics and government > 1988-
- Note
- Closed captioned for the hearing impaired.
- Credits (note)
- Director, Mary Ellen Davis ; cinematography, Francois Beauchemin ; editor, Camille LaPerriere ; original music, Marc Villemure.
- System Details (note)
- VHS.
- Language (note)
- In Spanish with English narration and subtitles.
- Call Number
- *UGS-1208
- OCLC
- 36974947
- Title
- Mexico : dead or alive [videorecording] / [presented by] the National Film Board of Canada ; a film by Mary Ellen Davis.
- Imprint
- New York, NY : First Run/Icarus Films, 1996.
- System Details
- VHS.
- Performer
- Mario Rojas Alba (PRD), Yuri Serbolov (political analyst), Antolin Escobar (PRD), Jorge Montufar Araujo (political analyst), Marcos Manuel Suarez (law professor, UNAM), Carlos Peredo Merlo (Attorney Gen., Morelos State), Tomas Flores Allende (former Attorney Gen., Morelos State), Heberto Castillo (Senator, Mexico), Irma Serrano (Senator, Mexico) , Carlos Peredo (lawyer), Jorge Carrillo Olea (Governor, Morelos State), Prado Pacayal.
- Credits
- Director, Mary Ellen Davis ; cinematography, Francois Beauchemin ; editor, Camille LaPerriere ; original music, Marc Villemure.
- Language
- In Spanish with English narration and subtitles.
- Added Author
- Davis, Mary Ellen.Rojas Alba, Mario.Serbolov, Yuri.Escobar, Antolin.Montúfar Araujo, Jorge.Suarez, Marcos Manuel.Merlo, Carlos Peredo.Allende, Tomas Flores.Castillo, Herberto.Serrano, Irma.Peredo, Carlos.Carrillo Olea, Jorge.Pacayal, Prado.National Film Board of Canada.First Run/Icarus Films.
- Research Call Number
- *UGS-1208 [Video]