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
La cárcel de Cananea
Released on: 1960-12-29
Drama, Western
Law officer tracks and recaptures escaped convict.
Matria
Released on: 2014-11-02
Documentary
My grandfather fought alongside Pancho Villa, became Master Mason, was an elected official who repre...
Los amigos
Released on: 1968-11-17
Drama
Ambition, social climbing and insincerity shape the emotional climate among a circle of young profes...
Mission Air
Released on: 2014-09-21
Drama, Thriller
Mother and son, Diane and Michael Ireland have just completed another successful medial mission trip...
A la hora marcada
Released on: 2017-06-29
Western
Don Lázaro is a former gunslinger that has left behind his years of violence to care for his grandda...
El sindicato del crimen
Released on: 1954-07-16
Crime, Drama
A hard-boiled crime story also known as "The Waiting-room of Death".
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...
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 ...
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...
The Desert Wagon
Released on: 2024-03-15
Documentary
A couple of artists travels through the Mexico desert to present their puppet show.
Blue Miracle
Released on: 2021-05-27
Adventure, Drama, Family
To save their cash-strapped orphanage, a guardian and his kids partner with a washed-up boat captain...
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...
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...
Monique
Released on: 2023-01-07
Comedy, Crime, Romance, Drama
A young woman, Abby, makes a deal with her younger brother Danny, allowing him to seek refuge at her...
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...
Pasiones tormentosas
Released on: 1946-09-25
Drama, Romance
In a small tropical town, two sisters fight over the love of a young man named José. Fabiola is a no...
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...
Villa!!
Released on: 1958-10-01
Adventure, Western
Biographical south-of-the-border cowboy western adventure thriller of Mexican revolutionary leader P...