Are you a movie lover? This is great news for you! The Maximum House of Studies in Mexico, UNAM, perfected and relaunched its free movie platform online cinema. The objective is to make available to all the classics of Mexican cinema, as well as a film archive of Mexican history of the 20th century.
Among the options that are already available at no cost on the platform online cinema meet:
- Let’s go with Pancho Villa! (1936)
- Tepeyac (1917)
- The Prisoner Thirteen (1933)
- The Iron Fist (1927)
- Two Monks (1934)
The platform is under the supervision of the UNAM Film Archive and also houses some capsules of historical events in Mexico that were documented with recordings. In this regard, the web portal mentions:
“With the aim of making our collections more accessible to the university community and society in general, the General Directorate of Cinematographic Activities and Film Library of the National Autonomous University of Mexico has created the Online Cinema platform, where high-value film materials corresponding to the period of Mexican silent cinema and the cycle that covers the history of the country from 1900 to 1990.
online cinemaa free movie initiative from Filmoteca UNAM
Film file options include the following options:
- Social movements, Mexico 1938-1968
- Promotional Olympics 68
- Xochimilco
- Bullfighting
The films, documentaries and film archive are distributed in the following categories of online cinema:
- Lustros: “Life in Mexico in the 20th century”
- Mexico Tours
- Looks at Mexican Cinema
- Programs on hygiene and public health in Mexico
- Arcadia: Rescued and Restored Cinema from the Film Library
- silent cinema
- Mexico naturally
- Mexican painting
- Bullfighting
- Testimonies of the history of Mexico
- Cinema in the Mexican Revolution
- Social Movements in Mexico
- Read Cinema
- Premieres
To access the film works, just click on the desired option and the player will automatically open. It is not necessary to make any registration.
The UNAM Film Library was born on July 8, 1960; is the institution in charge of locating, acquiring, identifying, classifying, restoring, valuing, conserving and disseminating films, and in general, all objects and documents related to cinematography. In addition to its documentary mission, the UNAM Film Library is also responsible for disseminating cinematographic work through screenings and academic work.
By Rodrigo Osegueda
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