Ammunition Smuggling on the Mexican Border: Incidents of the Mexican Revolution (1914)
• September 29th, 1914 • 0h 41min
Western, Documentary, Drama
Overview
Around the film hang fascinating questions about border politics, which I’ll touch on in an introduction before the screening. One of Eugene Buck’s motivations for making the film may have been his rough cross-examination during his kidnappers’ first trials, in October 1913, when defense attorneys cast him as a confused and unreliable witness against idealistic freedom fighters. On film he could reproduce the pursuit, the shootouts, his kidnapping, and his friend’s murder just as he had testified. Reenacting the crime on film may have been the best revenge—and a way to honor the sacrifice of Deputy Ortiz, a twenty-year police veteran and, for the era, a rare Mexican American lawman.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
Major Dundee
Released on: 1965-03-15
Western, War
During the last winter of the Civil War, cavalry officer Amos Dundee leads a contentious troop of Ar...
Hannie Caulder
Released on: 1971-11-08
Drama, Western, Crime
After she's raped by the outlaw trio who murdered her husband, a frontierswoman hires a bounty hunte...
Hombres sin alma
Released on: 1951-12-07
Crime, Drama
Final installment in Juan Orol's Percal trilogy. In this film, Malena is freed from prison by a gang...
El tigre enmascarado
Released on: 1951-09-13
Action, Western, Adventure
Aspiring opera singer Luis Landa returns to his hometown to avenge the murder of his brother.
Los amigos
Released on: 1968-11-17
Drama
Ambition, social climbing and insincerity shape the emotional climate among a circle of young profes...
The Strong Arm
Released on: 1958-01-01
Drama, Comedy
Agileo, a government employee, is commissioned to build a road in a town. At first, he suffers the h...
The Primal Law
Released on: 1921-09-11
Action, Drama, Romance
silent cowboy western starring Dustin Farnum as a rancher whose partner is killed by rustlers. He t...
The Magnificent Matador
Released on: 1955-05-24
Romance, Drama
Karen Harrison is a spoiled, rich, American predator who falls head-over-heels for the brooding, tor...
Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann
Released on: 1982-08-27
Science Fiction, Western
Lyle Swann is a successful off-road racer who mistakenly gets sent back in time 100 years. When a ba...
Mission Air
Released on: 2014-09-21
Drama, Thriller
Mother and son, Diane and Michael Ireland have just completed another successful medial mission trip...
Matilde Landeta
Released on: 1992-01-06
Documentary
A woman, an illusion. Matilde Landeta makes come true, at her seventy six years of age, what she has...
La Sombra Del Sahuaro
Released on: 2005-10-04
Action, Drama, Crime
Film based loosely on the life of Mexican drug kingpin Ricardo Lopez.
La Santa Muerte
Released on: 2007-09-28
Drama, Thriller
Two stories of people who's life has changed after joining the cult of "La Santa Muerte" for both be...
Secretaria peligrosa
Released on: 1958-06-11
Crime, Drama
A secretary plans to rob her boss with the help of her gangster boyfriend and his gang, but a specia...
Plazos traicioneros
Released on: 1958-07-03
Crime, Drama
A down in his luck film director falls in love with an attractive waitress and decides to launch her...
Los muertos no hablan
Released on: 1958-07-31
Western, Mystery, Thriller
Bandit crew with mysterious masked leader is doing lots of crimes. Mauricio Rosales and his sidekick...
Border Incident
Released on: 1949-10-28
Crime, Drama, Thriller
The story concerns two agents, one Mexican (PJF) and one American, who are tasked to stop the smuggl...
Day of the Dead
Released on: 1957-01-01
Documentary
A portrayal of the Mexican Day of the Dead consisting of still shots and narration. Deals with the ...