Some of these conservative movie producers should do a film about just the history you describe. An epic saga about families of Mexican peasants and their persecution by the elite. It would appeal to their heritage, destroy the guns-are-bad myth and if made well and marketed right could be a hit with the Hispanic community.
“An epic saga about families of Mexican peasants and their persecution by the elite”
It has been done many, many times by Spanish language film makers-the first one I remember, my mom took us to see when I was about 5, at the theater in town, which showed Spanish language films on Thursdays.
I think it would make a great topic for a few English language films to be shown here-people in Mexico-and old families here-are well aware of the abuse of the caste system there over several 100’s of years-it is why so many of our families came to Texas and New Mexico shortly after leaving Spain for Mexico, only to find that Mexico was nearly as bad-the recent immigrants-especially in California-who do not read history are the ones needing to see a film like that.
A lot of Mexican history is really hideous and cruel. But there is one good recent movie out there, about the revolt of Catholics when Catholicism was officially suppressed.
For Greater Glory: The True Story of Cristiada (2012) A chronicle of the Cristeros War (1926-1929); a war by the people of Mexico against the atheistic Mexican government.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1566501/reference
Importantly, it cost $12 million, but only made $9 million at the box office. As you might expect, the critics absolutely hated it, with only an 18% score at Rotten Tomatoes. At the same time, the public liked it a lot, with a 78% score. The MSM almost refused to review it, to deny it publicity.
It is out on DVD and available at Netflix. Rated R for extreme violence and graphic imagery.