A documentary film by Natalia Almada. www.pbs.org Airing on July 20, 2010 at 10pm, POV on PBS (Check your local listings). Watch online: July 21 through September 4, 2010. Past and present collide as award-winning filmmaker Natalia Almada (Al Otro Lado, POV 2006) brings to life audio recordings she inherited from her grandmother, daughter of Plutarco Elias Calles, a revolutionary general who became Mexicos president in 1924. In his time, Calles was called El Jefe Maximo (Foremost Chief). Today he is remembered as El Quema-Curas (Priest Burner) and as a dictator who ruled through puppet presidents until his exile in 1936. Airing during the centennial of the Mexican Revolution, El General moves between a daughters memories of her father as she grapples with historys portrayal of him and the weight of that same mans legacy on Mexico today. Winner of the 2009 Sundance Film Festival US Directing Award: Documentary. A co-production of ITVS in association with Latino Public Broadcasting.
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