Miguel Contreras Torres
1899 - 1981La noche del pecado
Miguel Contreras Torres
Ernesto Vilches, Ramón Pereda
La noche del pecado is a Mexican and North American co-production directed by Miguel Contreras Torres with Ernesto Vilches, Ramón Pereda, Medea de Novara and produced by Contreras Torres in 1933.
La noche del pecado
La paloma
Miguel Contreras Torres
Arturo de Córdova, Medea de Novara
Dazzled by the Empress Carlotta's graciousness, magnanimity and charm, a young officer in the Mexican army switches his allegiance to the Imperial government with Maximilian as figurehead. Bad move, space cadet.
La paloma
La historia negra del cine mexicano
Andrés García Franco
Jorge Ayala Blanco, María Teresa Cortés
During 1950, Miguel Contreras Torres led a group of filmmakers to officially denounce William O. Jenkins' monopoly on film theaters, which was built throughout the country upon crime and corruption. Ever since, Uncle Miguel was ridiculed and eventually forgotten, but it is certain that his proclaim announced the separation of Mexican cinema and its audience. Discoveries may be found in the films made by Miguel, and bringing back to life these moving pictures might recover this history that was never told, a story that is almost lost and that Contreras Torres himself tried to pass on through his writings in The Black Book of Mexican Cinema.
The Black Legend of Mexican Cinema
