1994 (Mexican TV series)

Last updated
1994
Genre Documentary
Directed byDiego Enrique Orsono
Country of originMexico
Original languageSpanish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes5
Production
Running time44-52 min.
Original release
Network Netflix
ReleaseMay 17, 2019 (2019-05-17)

1994 is a Mexican Spanish-language documentary directed by Diego Enrique Orsono, that premiered on Netflix on May 17, 2019. [1] [2] [3]

Contents

Premise

1994 explores corruption in Mexico during the tumultuous time for politics leading up to the 1994 elections, namely the protests against NAFTA and the Zapatista uprising in Chiapas in January; the assassination of Luis Donaldo Colosio Murrieta, the governing Institutional Revolutionary Party's candidate for President of Mexico, in Tijuana in March; Colosio's replacement, Ernesto Zedillo, winning the election in August; and the economic crisis after Zedillo took office in December. The series contains new interviews and archival footage of speeches, news reports and eye-witness accounts. [1] [2] [3]

Notable interviewees

Episodes

No.TitleOriginal release date
1"El sucesor (The Successor)"May 17, 2019 (2019-05-17)
After successfully managing Salinas' presidential campaign in 1988, Colosio becomes president of the PRI, where he promises reforms. He is appointed Secretary of Social Development in Salinas' cabinet in preparation for a run for the presidency in 1994. The Salinas administration conducts trade negotiations with the United States and Canada, resulting in NAFTA.
2"Revolución (Revolution)"May 17, 2019 (2019-05-17)
The Zapatista uprising begins in Chiapas on January 1, 1994, the day NAFTA goes into effect, and Subcomandante Marcos becomes the icon of the rebellion. The efforts of peace commissioner Manuel Camacho Solís to deal with the crisis prove popular, putting Colosio's candidacy into doubt. On March 6, Colosio delivers a public address in Mexico City acknowledging Mexico's problems and pledging to reform the system and oppose authoritarianism, revitalizing his campaign.
3"La culebra (The Snake)"May 17, 2019 (2019-05-17)
Chaos erupts when Colosio is assassinated at a campaign rally in Tijuana on March 23, 1994. The accused shooter, Mario Aburto Martínez, is arrested, but refuses to answer questions; others are accused, arrested, and questioned as being conspirators. At the insistence of Colosio's ailing widow, the Salinas administration appoints a special prosecutor.
4"Caballero Águila (Eagle Knight)"May 17, 2019 (2019-05-17)
Colosio's campaign manager, Ernesto Zedillo, becomes the PRI's new candidate, and wins the election in August. Aburto goes on trial and confesses to shooting Colosio, and is sentenced to 40 years in prison. Multiple special prosecutors investigate both Colosio's murder and the murder of PRI secretary-general José Francisco Ruiz Massieu in September; several accused conspirators are imprisoned and then released due to lack of evidence.
5"Tierra redonda (Round Earth)"May 17, 2019 (2019-05-17)
Zedillo assumes the presidency on December 1, 1994, and is confronted with a devastating economic crisis. Marcos is "unmasked" as Rafael Sebastián Guillén in a failed effort to damage the Zapatistas' image. The special prosecutions continue for the murders of Colosio and Ruiz Massieu. Raúl Salinas is arrested and charged with Ruiz Massieu's murder, but is exonerated after spending ten years in prison. Zedillo's administration ends in a democratic transition to Vicente Fox of the opposition PAN in 2000.

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References

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  3. 1 2 "1994 Review: Netflix's Miniseries Details Luis Donaldo Colosio's Rise and Fall". Ready Steady Cut. 17 May 2019. Retrieved July 31, 2019.
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