Viva Zapata!
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Co-presented with the UCLA Film & Television Archive
Celebrate the 100th Aniversario of the Mexican Revolution with a screening of Elia Kazan’s sweeping biopic following Emiliano Zapata Salazar’s life from reluctant advocate for peasant land rights, to legendary general of the revolution, and his tragic assassination. Marlon Brando’s intense performance as Zapata and Kazan’s powerful direction act as weighty correctives to Hollywood’s typical portrayal of the revolution. Print courtesy of the Academy Archive. (1952, 113 min. Dir. Elia Kazan, 35mm, B/W).
Arrive early and enjoy a margarita or Mexican beer at the cash bar from 6-7:30PM.
This screening is part of the Archive series, Viva La Revolucion, The Mexican Revolution on Film, September 10 – 26. Please visit www.cinema.ucla.edu for more info.
Public programs are made possible, in part, by a major gift from Ann and Jerry Moss.
Additional support is provided by Bronya and Andrew Galef, Good Works Foundation and Laura Donnelley, an anonymous donor, the Hammer Programs Committee, and Susan and Leonard Nimoy.
