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A "nutty professor" reviews and revisits the history of medicine from the privacy of his own library and laboratory. This first retrospective begins with a panorama of speculations and superstitions that guided ancient civilizations in their daily confrontation with illness, and concludes with the great revolutions in thought that took place during the Renaissance, transforming the approach and practice of medicine and public hygiene forever.

This is the story of the life and the movies of María Félix, ''the most beautiful woman in the world'', who became the public's favorite female movie star in Mexico and Latin America. Although she enjoyed considerable acceptance in Europe, she disdained Hollywood films and would not make them. The documentary presents her adventurous and combative life through photographs, filmed material and extracts from her movies which are used to illustrate the most important moments of her real life.

One of the most important players of the Mexican Revolution, Emiliano Zapata - leader of "a people who made revolution in order avoid change", in order to preserve their land and their customs - is also a legendary figure whose influence in social struggles in Mexico endures to our present day.

Jorge Negrete, a young man from a middle-class background who had studied opera, transformed himself into the great singer of ranchera music in Mexican cinema. His version of the Mexican charro established an image of the Mexican as a man of honor and a man on horseback. This program gives a look at his best films and the most important happenings of his life, including the gigantic public event that was his wedding with the actress María Félix.

In the second half of the nineteenth century, Mexico found itself confronted with two models of government: monarchy or republic. In Europe, the great powers were competing for expansion of their colonial power and social revolutions were multiplying, sparking movements of liberalism, nationalism and democracy. For its part, the United States was debating questions of liberty and slavery. At the end of 1861, the French Empire undertakes a military intervention in Mexico to impose a monarchical government headed by the archduke Fernando Maximiliano de Habsburgo. In the space of six years the monarchy was not able to consolidate itself, the international situation turned against France and Napoleon III decided to end his adventure in Mexico, leaving Maximilian abandoned to his own fate.

The Soler brothers created a new style of acting and played roles in hundreds of films. The most famous members of the family (Fernando, Domingo, Andrés) specialized in roles that portrayed authority figures, yet they also acted in comedies and other genres. This documentary looks at the family through the lens of their best and most typical roles.

Mexican cattle ranching began with the arrival of the Spaniards; since then, it has comprised a fundamental aspect of national culture such as charro cowboys, rodeos, and bullfights. Surviving wars, droughts, and diseases, the livestock sector continues to provide food, employment, and entertainment to a great deal of the population and, above all, confronts with renewed determination the challenges of the future: competitiveness, quality, the introduction of new technologies, and distributing its products among the greatest possible number of consumers.

Not all those who died in the Revolution found their demise on the battlefield. For many others, during the war famine and disease were the true face of death.

As the National Bank of Mexico, Banamex considers its social commitment program to be an investment in the country's development. Its social commitment is expressed through actions designed to rescue, strengthen and promote our culture; providing resources and initiatives to support the social development of the neediest social groups, conserving natural resources, and promoting financial education.

This program is a journey through the life and work of one of the most prolific and representative composers of Mexican popular music. It starts at the beginning, with his breaking into radio and record companies, and proceeds to his overwhelming success as a singer of passions on fire and of heartaches. At a moment almost forty years from his death, his children tell us their anecdotes and remember the most peculiar characteristics of his personality.

This film deals with the life and the movies of a ''princess'' who became a Hollywood star and later returned to her home country for a second and illustrious film career. Her discreet but intense personal life (including her love affairs with Orson Welles and Emilio ''the Indian'' Fernández), her ever-growing and varied talent as an actress and her presence in the cultural and political life of Mexico are some of the themes covered in this complex portrayal.

This program delves into the biography and work of one of the most representative directors of Mexican cinema. A creator of stories, characters and film genres that still live on in the popular imagery of various generations. Thanks to Ismael Rodríguez's films, Pedro Infante became the most lasting myth of Mexican culture.

For over three decades, Porfirio Díaz attempted to improve the overall conditions of an impoverished, unstable and violent Mexico since he began his term in 1876. In this way he made sure he kept the peace that Mexico lacked in order to make development viable, either by conciliation with his enemies of by straightforward repression. The 'Porfirian' governments helped reestablish the image of Mexico's damaged international reputation. This opened the doors to important foreign capital that allowed the construction of railroads, the re-emergence of some industries and the birth of the incipient national market. However towards the closure of his regime, the ancient dictatorship hadn't paid off a few important debts. On one hand, the visible economical development was not beneficial to the vast majority of the Mexican population; and on the other, the urban middle class that developed thanks to this progress aspired to have a political freedom and democratic rights stated by the constitution, but that were non-existent in the praxis.

Cárdenas, the most charismatic president of modern Mexican history, joined the Revolution at fourteen years of age and grew up with it. Our biography follows his adventurous youth as one of the youngest generals of the Revolution, his friendship with General Calles, his first official posts and the creation of his political ideas and character, while also examining the interaction between the man and the legend that was created around him.

This program presents the history and nature of the Mexican soap opera: its formulas, its audience, its conservative values, its national and international success, and its past, present and future, all presented with humor while maintaining a serious and analytic focus.

Of a mestizo (racially mixed) background on his mother's side, and of a European-descended Mexican background on his father's side, Porfirio Díaz climbed the pyramid of Mexican history - through the ranks of valiant soldier and trusty general - until he arrived at the top. And he remained there for the good and for the bad. His life represents the fate of Mexico in his generation. In his familiar attitude and ways one can see an enormous amount of paternalism which, with time, would be directed toward the entire country.

Aztec Stadium is the largest soccer stadium in the world. This program helps us to live and relive the most memorable moments of both national and international football that have been played out in the bosom of this venue. Special attention is also paid to the memory of other sports, massive concerts and the emotive visit paid by Pope John Paul II.

An effort to focus on the universally important contributions of the modern Mexican tradition to the country as well as to the entire world. We show how the lessons of European masters were transformed, nationalized and developed into creative proposals that were brilliant and original. We explore how these innovations were put to the service of the people, in order to provide answers to the changes in Mexican society, to its ways of living and to the possible uses of the country's public and private spaces. The construction of the Ciudad Universitaria (university zone), the erect, sky scraping buildings of Barragan, the levitating forms of the churches of Candela and many other innovators and innovations of modern Mexican architecture figure as focal points of this program.

Family was essential to Carlos Salinas as he was growing up. Son of a failed presidential candidate, his older brother was the designated heir for a longing that would ultimately be fulfilled by Carlos Salinas. He, his father and his brother Raúl are the principal figures in this story of the making of a president.

In this chapter, the arrival of the Spaniards to Mesoamerica is interpreted as the prophecy that warned of the return of an important deity, this marked the outcome of the Conquest of Mexico. Moctezuma, sacred governor, has no option but to live with the invader as a form of defense. This decision not only cost him his life, but his empire, thus the foundations of the New Spain were built atop the ruins of the Aztec Empire.

As a child, Roberto Gómez Bolaños dreamed of being a soccer player or an engineer; acting seemed ridiculous to him. But with the passing of time he discovered his true vocation. First as a writer and then as an actor, he gave life to various characters, including two of the most popular in the history of Mexican television.

A director of more than 47 movies, Roberto Gavaldón was a severe man who dedicated 30 years of his life to create work in which his great ability for balancing commercial interests of the film industry with his restlessness for creating quality films can be observed. This can be seen in ''Pito Pérez'', ''Los hijos que yo soñé (The Sons Whom I Dreamed)'', ''Días de otoño (Days of Autumn)'', ''Miércoles de ceniza (Ash Wednesday)'', ''Aquí está Heraclio Bernal'' and ''Historia de un amor (Love Story)''.

The peaceful atmosphere brought on by the Porfirian dictatorship, between 1876 and 1910, seemed to provide the perfect setting for preparing the country to take the road to economic stability and material progress. The factory smokestacks, the railways, and the new ways of life introduced by foreign settlers made the elites believe that the times brought about by Don Porfirio would put the country in concert with the rest of the ''modern'' nations of the world.