Author Archive: Retro

An overview of Native Americans, which attempts to be amusing by referring to pop culture of the late 1920s (e.g., mentioning the popular film “IT” and comparing a burro to a “Tin Lizzie”). Silent.

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How professional models (and new automobiles) are photographed

This documentary film by J.H. Hoffberg features scenes of Mexico City from the 1920s and early 1930s .

This film showcases the work of the Jiménez family of Oaxaca, and the legendary Zapotec potter Doña Rosa Real de Nieto, and her traditional technique of below-ground firing.

Written and Produced for the U.S. Government by Joseph Krumgold. Depicts the Chavez family, who herd sheep in and around Las Cordovas, New Mexico.

Here, Willard Hahn travels to the village of San Diego de Tecoltepec, 6 miles from Toluca. He focuses on the harvesting of maguey juice, the washing of clothes in-stream, and the town’s water cistern, as the village has no running water. The villagers board a beautiful old bus to take their goods to the nearby market in Toluca, and walk home to avoid paying the fare of several centavos.

The work of José Guadalupe Posada (1852-1913), important Mexican satirist during the Porfiriato.

Great kung fu fights!