Emancipación de Latinoamérica
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- StarsLuis Gerónimo AbreuMauricio MejíaJuliette PardauDepicts the life and loves of Venezuelan Gen. Simón Bolívar, who helped liberate several Latin American countries from Spain.
- DirectorAlessandro BlasettiStarsMaximilian SchellRosanna SchiaffinoFrancisco RabalHistorical drama about Venezuelan military and political leader Simón Bolívar who helped much of Latin America to achieve independence from Spain.
- DirectorGuillermo RincónStarsManuel CabralJulio César LunaLuis Fernando Orozcothis film is based on the life of Simón Bolívar (a Latin American military and political leader who fought against Spanish colonial rule), with a very cartoonish style.
- DirectorLeopoldo Torre NilssonStarsAlfredo AlcónEvangelina SalazarLautaro MurúaThe life story of Argentine independence hero Jose de San Martin.
- In September 2011, Fomento Cultural Banamex and Clio presented in a large edition, the latest research of Dr. Carlos Herrejón Peredo, "Hidalgo: teacher, priest and insurgent". This biography of Miguel Hidalgo is the result a documentary investigation without parallel. This edition, accompanied with a careful and exhaustive iconography research, is presented in this documentary that shows the Herrejón's Hidalgo, a real man, a priest harassed by debt, passionate about music and a brilliant theologian, somehow lost in the practical ways of life. This biography is not lost in praise and vilification, but flows with depth and clarity in an effort to respond honestly to a question: Who was Hidalgo?
- DirectorLuis Alberto LamataStarsJuvel VielmaDaniela AlvaradoGledys IbarraTAITA BOVES chronicles a thirst for revenge that devastated a country. It tells the true story of Jose Tomás Boves, a cruel man who became a legend during the Venezuelan War of Independence, the most violent in the Americas. He went from seafarer to pirate, horse smuggler to prosperous merchant, prisoner to military chief. Spanish by birth, he spearheaded a grass roots troop of slaves, mulattoes, Indians and mestizos that crushed Simón Bolívar and his patriot army. Respectfully referred to as "Taita" by them, he fought for the underprivileged and the poorest of the poor, and curtailed three centuries of order in this colonial region. This film is about his passions and power, his loves and misadventures, and a bloody saga that rocked Venezuela.
- DirectorRodrigo H. VilaStarsMatías De Leis CorreaThis documentary gets into the best kept aspects of Independence wars in Latin America: the role of Masonic Societies. Infiltrations, conspiracies, secret plans, plots, hold power struggles, all we will know the lesser known aspects of the heroes who gave their lives for independence. Were actually independence wars Masonic plans to create a new world? A new order in America? The story is wrapped up in a climate of conspiracy and mystery to be unveiling throughout the program. Entertainment framed historic recreations of exquisitely detailed, recalling a time and interpreting the moments of greatest tension.
- DirectorAntonio SerranoStarsDagoberto GamaRaúl MéndezJuan Ignacio ArandaLa película retrata los últimos años de la vida de José María Morelos y Pavón (1812-1815), héroe mexicano quien tras burlar el cerco de sus enemigos, toma una de las ciudades más importantes de México. Sin embargo, teniendo más de la mitad del territorio mexicano en sus manos, Morelos cae en una contradicción y se empeña en tomar el puerto de Acapulco mientras las tropas realistas se reorganizan, se fortalecen y poco a poco van recuperando terreno. The movie portraits the last years in the life of José María Morelos y Pavón (1812-1815), Mexican heroe, who after escaping the siege of his enemies takes one of the most important cities of Mexico. However, having more than half of the Mexican territory in his hands, he insists on taking over the Acapulcos harbor while the royal troops rearrange themselves, grow stronger and slowly gain get territory back.
- StarsBenjamín VicuñaMaría Elena SwettAlejandro TrejoAt the dawn of the 19th century, a whole generation of extraordinary men fights to get rid of the Spanish yoke and turn Chile into an independent nation. Among these brave men a legendary figure rose: Manuel Rodríguez. Passionate and brilliant, the lawyer Rodríguez became the attorney of the local authority, deputy, minister for several government departments and supreme director by popular acclaim. However, he wasn't as successful in any of his official positions as he was in his role as a spy and guerrilla commander, leading the resistance against the enemy. They put a price on his head and Rodriguez became one of the most wanted men in the country, but he managed to escape his trackers and made a vital contribution to the patriotic cause, thus gaining the people's respect and admiration. After the victory over the royalists, his immense popularity and his fidelity to the ideals that inspired the revolution made him become an uncomfortable character for those in charge of the country's government. They tried to take him out of the picture on several occasions by bribing him with special posts, money and privileges until he was cowardly assassinated in Til-Til in May 1818, at the age of 33. A man died; a legend was born.
- StarsDiego CasanuevaJaviera Díaz de ValdésSebastián LaysecaThis episode tells the story of the life of the patriot José Miguel Carrera, of whom Neruda said "he was the first one to bring Freedom to our land, without kings or tyrants". With his charisma and his determination he hurried the changes and converted Chile into an independent nation, but he also gained very powerful enemies who would persecute him until the end of his days. Carrera is a man who at the age of 25, in 1812, he was already head of the government and army chief. This is the man who, ruined and prosecuted, crossed the sea in order to have and interview with the USA president and managed to get a fleet to get back to the fight. Carrera was a husband and a father who suffered due to the situation his family was undergoing. He was also the montonero's boss, the Argentinean provinces nightmare, who went towards the mountains in order to take revenge for his brothers' murder and to restore his good name. The prince of the Road approaches the life of one of the most controversial characters in Chilean history; an extraordinary man who devoted his life to the fight for freedom.
- StarsJimmy Jean-LouisAïssa MaïgaYann EbongéThe historical drama "Toussaint Louverture" is dedicated to the fate of Toussaint Louverture, the leader of the Haitian Revolution, as a result of which Haiti became the first independent state in Latin America.
- DirectorNoland WalkerStarsEdwidge DanticatJacques DerosenaKrystel RocheThe true story of the most successful slave uprising in world history comes to the screen as filmmaker Nolan Walker explores the Haitian Revolution, the movement some historians site as the flashpoint for universal human rights.
- DirectorAlberto ArveloStarsEdgar RamírezErich WildpretMaría ValverdeSimon Bolivar fought over 100 battles against the Spanish Empire in South America. He rode over 70,000 miles on horseback. His military campaigns covered twice the territory of Alexander the Great. His army never conquered -- it liberated.
- StarsJuan ÁngelGerardo CaleroEdgardo RománFrom the point of view of a tailor, the story of a generation of national heroes is told. Their lives, risks and hardships to achieve the independence of the New Kingdom of Granada (today Colombia) and how their rivalries made that struggle was in vain and they became martyrs for the freedom of a nation.
- StarsAlejandro TommasiAlberto EstrellaArturo RíosA mini series that shows Mexico's Independence movement.
- CreatorEnrique KrauzeStarsDiego LunaGael García BernalJosé María YazpikA series exploring Mexico's War of Independence through the lives of four notable leaders: Miguel Hidalgo, José María Morelos, Agustín de Iturbide, and Vicente Guerrero.
- DirectorClaudio EtcheberryStarsHéctor AlterioDamián de SantoPablo CedrónAfter the May Revolution, Juan José Castelli ordered the execution of the ex-viceroy Santiago de Liniers.
- StarsFelipe PignaMario PergoliniPablo CedrónDocumentary TV film that narrates the story of Argentina since it's beginning in early 19th century.
- DirectorSebastián PivottoStarsSebastián MogordoyPablo RagoPablo RibbaBased on the life of the Argentine hero Manuel Belgrano.
- DirectorLeandro IpiñaStarsRodrigo de la SernaAlireza Abbas BeygiVíctor Hugo CarrizoThe story follows a 15-year-old Manuel Corvalán, who decides to leave his upper-class family and be disinherited by his father to join the newly formed Army of the Andes, commanded by the General José de San Martín.
- DirectorLeopoldo Torre NilssonStarsAlfredo AlcónNorma AleandroGabriela GiliThe story of the wars of independence in Northern Argentina during the 19th Century.