Propaganda President Porfirio Diaz used to record the cinema, in films of longer duration than the "views", some official events of particular importance, such as the 1906 presidential party, held in Merida, Yucatan Justo Sierra's trip to the ruins of Palenque, in 1909, and his interview with then U.S. president, Taft, held in October of that year, the city of El Paso, Texas. Not only the government of Porfirio Diaz made propaganda films. As president, Francisco I. Madero created the "apotheosis" jubilant projected final shots at the end of function, which attempted to show with his wife and leave the viewer a good picture of the presidential marriage. The Warlords During the Mexican Revolution, the leaders of the different warring factions were not strangers to this propagandistic use of the cinema. Victoriano Huerta, Venustiano Carranza and Alvaro Obregon left testimony of their acts through the silver ribbon.
Many of the actions of war documentaries were filmed and were successfully displayed to the public. The leader triumphant opening or carrying out works to benefit the people, were the main images. Political leaders used the cinema to show the negative side of their enemies, and denigrate them, as did Victoriano Huerta to point out the mistakes of the Zapatistas. Film during the Mexican Revolution played the role assigned by the senior players in this struggle for political and economic power. At present, the filming of the Revolution can know more precisely the events the moment. The Golden Age of Mexican Cinema (1936-1957) The years before the so-called Golden Age were characterized by the making of films playing on rural issues.
