The Holy Office
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The long arm of the Inquisition, or the "Holy Office," reached at least as far as 16th-century Mexico (known as New Spain at the time). Many Spanish Catholics of Moorish or Jewish origin found it expedient to flee to the New World to escape the suffocating attentions of the Inquisition. In Spain, simply being descended from these suspect peoples is sufficient to guarantee a gruesome death by immolation. In the New World, it took slightly more. This 1974 Mexican film deals with the suffering of one family of conversos who are secretly practicing Judaism and are betrayed to the Inquisition by a family member. Interestingly, a small family clan of such secret Jews was discovered in New Mexico as recently as the late 1980s. They managed to keep their faith a secret for nearly five hundred years.
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Diana Bracho
Mariana de Carvajal
Claudio Brook
Fray Alonso de Peralta
Rafael Banquells
Principal de la Real Audiencia
Farnesio de Bernal
Fray Hernando
Jorge Luke
Luis de Carvajal
Martin LaSalle
Díaz Márquez
Arturo Beristáin
Baltasar
Jorge Fegán
Padre Oroz
Peter Gonzales Falcon
Fray Gaspar
Ana Mérida
Francisca de Carvajal
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