Francesco Taboada Tabone
- Director
- Editor
- Writer
He was born in Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico. He studied Communication Sciences at the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education. He has a master's degree in Meso American Studies from the UNAM.
He filmed a documentary trilogy of the Mexican Revolution consisting on the films Los Últimos zapatistas (The Last Zapatistas, 2002), Pancho Villa, la Revolución no ha terminado (Pancho Villa, The Revolution is Not Over, 2006) and 13 Pueblos en defensa del agua, el aire y la tierra (13 Pueblos Defending Water, Air and Land, 2009). Winner of several international awards, his cinematic proposal consists of conciliating the social and militant message with the aesthetics of dignity, a concept he has put into practice in his films. A linguistic rights activist for native people, the Mexican cinema critic Jorge Ayala Blanco in "La Justeza del cine mexicano", points out that "Francesco Taboada has become our greatest revolutionist historic filmmaker".
Tin Tan (2010) honors the Golden Age of Mexican Cinema through the great comedian Germán Valdés. His award winner film Maguey (2014), tells the story of indigenous communities fighting for their culture and natural resources.
His most recent feature film, Obispo Rojo (Red Bishop, 2024,) tells the story of the human rights fighter bishop Sergio Méndez Arceo, who confronted the Inquisition and challenged Latin American dictatorships to achieve the world's spiritual revolution.
He filmed a documentary trilogy of the Mexican Revolution consisting on the films Los Últimos zapatistas (The Last Zapatistas, 2002), Pancho Villa, la Revolución no ha terminado (Pancho Villa, The Revolution is Not Over, 2006) and 13 Pueblos en defensa del agua, el aire y la tierra (13 Pueblos Defending Water, Air and Land, 2009). Winner of several international awards, his cinematic proposal consists of conciliating the social and militant message with the aesthetics of dignity, a concept he has put into practice in his films. A linguistic rights activist for native people, the Mexican cinema critic Jorge Ayala Blanco in "La Justeza del cine mexicano", points out that "Francesco Taboada has become our greatest revolutionist historic filmmaker".
Tin Tan (2010) honors the Golden Age of Mexican Cinema through the great comedian Germán Valdés. His award winner film Maguey (2014), tells the story of indigenous communities fighting for their culture and natural resources.
His most recent feature film, Obispo Rojo (Red Bishop, 2024,) tells the story of the human rights fighter bishop Sergio Méndez Arceo, who confronted the Inquisition and challenged Latin American dictatorships to achieve the world's spiritual revolution.
