La negra Angustias

First film that addresses the Mexican Revolution with a female protagonist. In the south of the state of Morelos, young Angustias, the daughter of the generous bandit Antón Farrera, suffers discrimination from her neighbours for being a woman, an orphan, black, poor and illiterate. After stabbing a man who tries to rape her, she flees to the mountains and joins the Zapatista troops. Becoming a colonel, the young woman follows the teachings of her father and imparts justice among women and peasants.