Cananea - The Spark That Ignited A Revolution (1977 - Marcela Fernandez Violante)

Title: Cananea - The Spark That Ignited A Revolution Year: 1977 Director: Marcela Fernández Violante Writer: Marcela Fernández Violante, Pedro F. Miret Actors: Yolanda Ciani, Carlos Bracho, Milton Rodríguez | Runtime: 2 hrs. 3 mins Released: 1978 Plot: On June 1, 1906, copper miners in Cananea, Sonora, a few miles south of the U.S.-Mexico border, struck against the US companies that dominated the mines and Porfirian Mexico. It is considered one of the most important events that led to the start of the Mexican Revolution in 1910. The Cananea strike is also one of the most important events in Mexican labour history. In the early twentieth century, the U.S.-Mexico border was quite fluid for both workers and capital. Mining companies like Phelps-Dodge had major investments on both sides of the border. The government of Porfirio Díaz committed itself to bringing in foreign capital as part of its modernisation plans that included reshaping everything about Mexico to look as European