In tribute to the centenary of the Mexican Revolution, TCM presents a month-long festival of unique programming that includes several Mexican-made movies and TCM premieres, including works by director Ismael Rodríguez: his Pancho Villa trilogy - Así era Pancho Villa (1957), Pancho Villa y la Valentina (1960) and Cuando ¡Viva Villa! es la Muerte (1960) - in which Rodriguez recounts the facts and legends of the life of the Mexican Revolutionary general; La Cucaracha (1959), a melodrama of the Revolution starring Mexican favorites Maria Felix and Dolores Del Rio; Mexicanos al Grito de Guerra(1943), a history of the National Anthem; Las Mujeres de Mi General (1951), a starring vehicle for the much-loved actor/singer Pedro Infante, an idol of the Mexican people. Another exciting TCM premiere is Viva Zapata! (1952), Elia Kazan's Hollywood biopic of revolutionary Emiliano Zapata as impersonated by a charismatic Marlon Brando.

by Roger Fristoe