Film historian reveals rich history of Mexican cinema

Rogelio Agrasánchez, Jr. grew up around Mexican cinema. His father, Rogelio Agrasánchez, Sr., was the producer of a number of colorful Mexican films during the late 1970s, like “Las Momias de Guanajuato” and “Campeones Justicieros,” that featured masked wrestlers, mummies and sword fighters.

The younger Agrasánchez spoke Sunday at the Brownsville Heritage Museum about the impact of early Mexican films in the United States, the theaters that exhibited them, and how most of the films were mash-ups of different genres.

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