About Us

Clío tv is a production house dedicated to historical documentaries, with the objective of making major events experienced by Mexico throughout its history available to the general public.

For over twelve years under the constant guidance of Enrique Krauze, Clío has brought over 300 programs about national history into Mexican homes, broadcast by Televisa. Our series México Siglo XX , México Nuevo Siglo, Héroes de Carne y Hueso, Clío en el Bicentenario, and Hazaña el deporte vive, have received various national awards, and our documentaries have become obligatory references.

Historical and political figures; private enterprise; athletes, social, economic and cultural issues; the arts; the media; movie directors; and performers from the world of show business are just some of the topics that Clío tv has approached and that comprise a vast archive of salvaged memories, as well as the history of our present: a true Video Library of Mexico to be inherited by present and future generations.

With three weekly broadcasting schedules provided by Televisa, Clío tv documentaries have reached a variety of audiences in Mexico over the past 12 years on open television channels 2, 4, and 5.

Clío’s Presence Abroad

·         History Channel Latin America

The series The Mexican Revolution marks Clío’s first foray into the production of historical documentaries for U.S. television.

·         VMe

Certain documentaries have been broadcast via VMe to the Latino community in the United States.

·         Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences

Programs from the México Nuevo Siglo (New Century Mexico) series were exhibited at the show Made in México: The Legacy of Mexican Cinema organized in Los Angeles by the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences in 2006.

·         L' Istituto Italo-Latino Americano e' Ambasciata of Mexico

Immagini di una Rivoluzione e i suoi protagonisti

The biographies of leaders of the Mexican Revolution of 1910 were dubbed into Italian and presented in Rome during October 2006.

Clío Audiovisual Archives

Our archive is comprised of images, interviews, documents, films, and audio files that Clío has gathered over the years in order to form an audiovisual reference source.

This material, aside from enriching the production of our documentaries, has become indispensable to historical researchers.

Our archive consists of:

·           32,000 images from the press

·           3,000 films from Mexican cinema

·           Over 2,800 interviews with specialists regarding each theme

·           10,000 hours of video footage

·           Over 15,000 photographic images

·           Audio

Photographic Archives

Clío’s iconographic archive houses over 15,000 images proceeding from a wide variety of historical sources in our country and abroad. These tell the story of Clío’s research and productions. Thus, our visual material ranges from pre-Hispanic Mexico up until the 20^th century, in various formats (negatives, positives, slides, lithographs, and illustrations).

Organized both chronologically and thematically, these images bear witness to the historic past of Mexican society.

Video Library

Our video library possesses over 10,000 hours of video in different analog and digital formats including national films, interviews with specialists, perspectives of different sites and activities across Mexico, historic recreations, historic monuments, worldwide heritage sites, and exhibits.

Audio Library

Clío possesses an audio library classified by eras that includes typical Mexican music by great singers and songwriters; as well as original compositions by young and talented Mexican musicians.

Original audio is also stored of key historical moments and figures in Mexico.