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Mexican people (Spanish: Pueblo mexicano (collective), Mexicanos (individuals)) refers to all persons from Mexico, a multiethnic country in North America, and/or who identify with the Mexican cultural and/or national identity.
Mexico became a nation in 1821 when Mexico achieved independence from the Spanish Empire; this began the process of forging a Mexican national identity that fused the cultural traits of indigenous pre-Columbian origin with those of European, particularly Iberian, ancestry. This led to what has been termed "a peculiar form of multi-ethnic nationalism"
The most spoken language by Mexicans is Mexican Spanish, but many also speak languages from 62 different indigenous linguistic groups and other languages brought to Mexico by recent immigration or learned by Mexican immigrants residing in other nations. Over 78% of the Mexican people live in Mexico but there is a sizable diaspora with nearly 22% living in the United States.
The Mexican people have varied origins and an identity that has evolved with the succession of conquests among Amerindian groups and by Europeans. The area that is now modern-day Mexico has cradled many predecessor civilizations, going back as far as the Olmec which influenced the latter civilizations of Teotihuacan (200 B.C. to 700 A.D.) and the much debated Toltec people who flourished around the 10th and 12th centuries A.D., and ending with the last great indigenous civilization before the Spanish Conquest, the Aztecs (March 13, 1325 to August 13, 1521). The Nahuatl language was a common tongue in the region of modern Central Mexico during the Aztec Empire, but after the arrival of Europeans the common language of the region became Spanish.
Thomas Baptiste Morello (born May 30, 1964) is a Grammy Award-winning American guitarist best known for his tenure with the bands Rage Against the Machine, Audioslave, his acoustic solo act The Nightwatchman, and his newest group, Street Sweeper Social Club. Tom is also the co-founder (along with Serj Tankian) of the non-profit political activist organization Axis of Justice, which airs a monthly program on Pacifica Radio station KPFK (90.7 FM) in Los Angeles. He is best known for his unique and creative guitar playing style, which incorporates feedback noises, unconventional picking and tapping as well as heavy use of guitar effects. He was ranked #26 in Rolling Stone's list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time."
Tom Morello was born on May 30, 1964, in Harlem, New York, to Ngethe Njoroge and Mary Morello. Tom is of Irish and Italian descent on his maternal side, and Kikuyu Kenyan descent on his paternal side. His mother was a schoolteacher from Marseilles, Illinois, who earned a Master of Arts at Loyola University, Chicago and travelled to Germany, Spain, Japan, and Kenya as an English language teacher between 1977 to 1983. His father was a Kenyan participant in the Mau Mau Uprising, and served as Kenya's first ambassador to the United Nations. Morello's paternal great-uncle, Jomo Kenyatta, was the first elected president in Kenyan history. His parents met in August 1963, while attending a pro-democracy protest in Nairobi, Kenya. After discovering her pregnancy, Mary returned to the United States with Njoroge in November, and married in New York City.
Actors: Michael Monks (actor), Galen Howard (actor), Angel Oquendo (producer), Angel Oquendo (actor), Angel Oquendo (writer), Angel Oquendo (director), Marco Pancrazi (writer), Marco Pancrazi (producer), Marco Pancrazi (actor), Jaime Alvarez (actor), Paul Terrell Clayton (actor), Courtney Hope (actress), Edoardo Di Silvestri (producer), Ann Russo (actress), Kathryn Harriman (producer),
Plot: Follow the journey of newly assigned UNIFA agent Marco Blasi and his elite Team 5 as they find themselves in a race against time to prevent a major disaster across the globe. All is not what it seems in this story of action, suspense and international espionage.
Genres: Action, Drama, Short, Thriller,Actors: Harry Edwards (director), Andy Clyde (actor), Vernon Dent (actor), Mack Sennett (producer), Lloyd Bacon (actor), Harry Langdon (actor), Leo Sulky (actor), Frank Whitson (actor), S.D. Wilcox (actor), Charles Force (actor), Peggy Montgomery (actress),
Genres: Comedy, Short,Actors: Howard M. Mitchell (actor), Edwin Thanhouser (producer), Lloyd Lonergan (writer), Hector Dion (actor), Gladys Hulette (actress), Ernest Howard (actor), Daniel Leighton (actor),
Genres: Drama, Short,Actors: Joe Ryan (actor), Webster Cullison (director), Mildred Bright (actress), Henry Aldrich (actor),
Genres: Drama, Short,Actors: William Nicholas Selig (producer), Lester Cuneo (actor), William Duncan (actor), J. Edward Hungerford (writer), William Duncan (director), Charles Wheelock (actor), Florence Dye (actress), Eleanor Blevins (actress), Allen Campbell (actor),
Genres: Drama, Short,Actors: Bob Burns (actor), Fred Burns (actor), William A. Carroll (actor), Frank Opperman (actor), Henry B. Walthall (actor), Lillian Gish (actress), Christy Cabanne (writer), Christy Cabanne (director),
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Genres: Short, Western,Actors: Gilbert M. 'Broncho Billy' Anderson (actor), Fred Church (actor), John B. O'Brien (actor), Gilbert M. 'Broncho Billy' Anderson (writer), Gilbert M. 'Broncho Billy' Anderson (director), Gilbert M. 'Broncho Billy' Anderson (producer), Joseph Smith (actor), William A. Russell (actor),
Genres: Short, Western,