Native Stills From Mexico

Posting a couple of Aztec images from Sergei Eisenstein's Que Viva Mexico  (1932) in protest of Dia de la Raza (or Day Of The Races) being "celebrated" today in Mexico....don't let the name fool you, it's really just Mexican Columbus Day!

For Days Of The Dead (All Souls Day) 2

For Days Of The Dead: Day 1 (All Saints Day)

Haxan Mixed Gallery

In Mexico the day we call Halloween is known as Dia de las Brujas or Day of the Witches; so with that in mind here is are some stills celebrating Mexico's take on the day, with a gallery from the most famous witchcraft film ever made in the silent era:  Häxan:  Witchcraft Through The Ages!

Don Juan (1926)

Today is Dia de la Raza in Mexico; it's their Columbus Day.  If anyone has visited my Friday Horror Blog or my Native American food blog, you know that have native ancestry from several southeastern tribes and connections to the Mexica ("Aztecs") of Mexicol (alternatively Mexichol the native spelling and pronunciation of the country).  Over at the Scare My On Fridays blog we are protesting with a day long early nod to Miccailhuitl (Dias de los Muertos/Days of the Dead) and to the country of Mexichol.  Over at New World Food we are doing the same with a focus on some Mexican food.  Yehyoli Mexcihol! (Viva Mexico). Here is a Warner Bros. partnership with Vitaphone Corp from 1926 starring the great John Barrymore as Don Juan.

Tepeyac (1917) Clip

Pacqui Miccaihuitl!

El Puno de hierro (1927)

Posting this in honor of Dias de los Muertos (Days of the Dead).  It is one of a few surviving Mexican silent films.