''The Revenge of Pancho Villa'' (1930–36)—Spanish language, Spanish title ''La Venganza de Pancho Villa''—is a compilation film made by the Padilla family in El Paso, Texas, USA, from dozens of fact-based and fictional films about the celebrated Mexican Revolution, Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa (1878–1923). The films were stitched together with original bilingual title cards and dramatic re-enactments of Villa's assassination were added to the revised print. ''The Revenge of Pancho Villa'' provides stirring evidence of a vital Mexican American film presence during the 1910s-1930s. In 2009, it was named to the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress for being “culturally, historically or aesthetically” significant.

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*''La vengenza de Pancho Villa'

essay by Laura Isabel Serna, PhD on the National Film Registry website * *''The Revenge of Pancho Villa'' essay by Daniel Eagan in America's Film Legacy, 2009-2010: A Viewer's Guide to the 50 Landmark Movies Added To The National Film Registry in 2009–10, Bloomsbury Publishing USA, 2011, pages 48–5

United States National Film Registry films Documentary films about historical events Films about Mexican Americans Compilation films American biographical films Films set in the 19th century Films set in the 1900s Films set in the 1910s Films set in the 1920s 1936 films Films set in Mexico American black-and-white films Mexican black-and-white films 1930s documentary films Mexican biographical films 1930s biographical films Mexican documentary films American documentary films 1936 documentary films 1930s American films {{bio-documentary-film-stub