| LLuis ValdezNarrator | Narrator |
| AAlex SaragozaSelf - Professor, UC Berkeley | Self - Professor, UC Berkeley |
| BBarry CarrSelf - Professor, La Trobe University, Melbourne | Self - Professor, La Trobe University, Melbourne |
| RRomana FalconSelf - Professor, El Colegio de Mexico | Self - Professor, El Colegio de Mexico |
 Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas SolórzanoSelf - Son of Lázaro Cárdenas | Self - Son of Lázaro Cárdenas |
| AAdolfo GillySelf - Professor, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico | Self - Professor, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico |
| FFriedrich KatzSelf - Professor, University of Chicago | Self - Professor, University of Chicago |
| LLaura Gonzáles Y MatuteSelf - Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico | Self - Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico |
| MMax ParraSelf - Professor, UC San Diego | Self - Professor, UC San Diego |
 Elena PoniatowskaSelf - Novelist/Journalist (as Elena Poniatowska Amor) | Self - Novelist/Journalist (as Elena Poniatowska Amor) |
| RRamón RuízSelf - Professor, UC San Diego | Self - Professor, UC San Diego |
| JJesus VargasSelf - Professor, Universidad Autonoma de Ciudad Juarez | Self - Professor, Universidad Autonoma de Ciudad Juarez |
| PPlutarco Elías CallesSelf - President of Mexico (archive footage) | Self - President of Mexico (archive footage) |
| NNelly CampobelloSelf - (archive footage) | Self - (archive footage) |