Investigates the impact of Latin American revolutions on the visual arts and on cultural policy. The three upheavals—in Mexico (1910-40), in Cuba (1959-89), and in Nicaragua (1979-90)—were defining moments in American 20th-century life.

In this comprehensive collection of essays, three generations of international scholars examine Mexican muralism in its broad artistic and historical contexts, from its iconic figures—Diego Rivera, Jose Clemente Orozco, and David Alfaro Siquieros—to their successors in Mexico, the United States, and across Latin America. These muralists conceived of their art as a political weapon in popular struggles over revolution and resistance, state modernization and civic participation, artistic freedom and cultural imperialism. The contributors to this volume show how these artists' murals transcended borders to engage major issues raised by the many different forms of modernity that emerged throughout the Americas during the 20th century.

Los tres grandes: Jose Clemente Orozco, Diego Rivera, and David Alfaro Siqueiros. Now legendary, these men have emerged as the most prominent figures of the famed Mexican mural movement, which lasted from the 1920s through the early '70s and was hailed as the most significant achievement in public art of the 20th century. The dramatic story of the movement is told here in a fascinating history of the artists, accompanied by over 100 spectacular color reproductions of the murals.
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A one-hour documentary film about Mexican visual artist David Alfaro Siqueiros (1896-1974) and the resurrection of his Los Angeles mural América Tropical, located at the birthplace of Los Angeles and later championed by the Chicano movement as a symbol of its oppressed culture. One of the great Mexican artists of the 20th century and one of the three great Mexican muralists (with Diego Rivera and José Clemente Orozco), Siqueiros was a controversy-stirring revolutionary and lifetime activist who lived with theatrical flair and painted on an epic scale.

Visually arresting and whimsical documentary portrait of Mexican muralist José Clemente Orozco (1883–1949), whose dramatic life, iconoclastic personality and dynamic painting changed the way we see art and politics. The documentary weaves a rich tapestry of images and sound, evoking Orozco’s artistic style, while opening a window onto the artist’s inner life, passions and convictions.

Discusses painter Diego Rivera and his stay in the United States during the 1930s. Looks at murals he created in San Francisco, Detroit and New York. Examines how Rivera's depictions of scenes of American life on the walls of community buildings influenced the American conception of public art and provided the inspiration for President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's WPA program to adorn public buildings with art.

Portrays an epic confrontation pitting impoverished peasants against large landowners and government forces in Mexico poorest state, Chiapas. The film raises important questions as to what is to be judged expendable in the rush to global economic integration - whether the destruction of whole peoples and cultures that have survived over centuries is simply to be accepted as the price of 'progress'.