How did Villa's agreement with Mutual Films change his fighting?

a.

He allowed the filming company to bring cameras into battles.

b.

He only granted interviews at the site of the battles he fought.

c.

He only pretended to have battles to create realistic movies.

d.

He hired actors to fight in many battles, which led to many deaths and injuries.

The first answer is correct (A).

Pancho Villa was a revolutionary leader of the Mexican Revolution of 1910. He fought in defense of peasants and agrarian reform. He became known everywhere as "The Friend of the Poor."

Villa received a proposal of cinematographic coverage of his battles. In essence, Villa sold the rights to his expeditions and war episodes to be documented, filmed and produced in a literally reality-based film in which he was the leading actor and the setting was the Mexican conflict.

Answer: a. He allowed the filming company to bring cameras into battles.

Explanation: Pancho Villa was a recognized Mexican actor born in 1878, but he also played an important role in the Mexican Revolution. In 1914 he signed a contract with the Mutual Film Corporation of New York that allowed the company to film him and his band of fighters while they were in war against soldiers of the Mexican government. Because of the filming cameras, they had to limit their battles to an schedule where the lights were good for filming and they also had to make certain expressions with their faces to make the movie more interesting, these factors changed his fighting, because instead of being fully concentrated on the battle, he had to be acting for the cameras as well.