La negra Angustias

When her father dies, a young Afro-Mexican woman joins the Revolution, the way he was planning to do, and becomes the leader of a Zapatista battalion.

Cast

María Elena Marqués

as Angustias

Agustín Isunza

as Huitlacoche

Eduardo Arozamena

as Antón Farrera

Gilberto González

as Efren el picao

Ramón Gay

as Manuel de la Reguera

Enriqueta Reza

as Crescencia

Fanny Schiller

as Doña Chole

Noemí Beltrán

as Angustias niña

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