Zapatista (1999)

01/01/1999 (MX) • 56m

Documentary, History

Overview

"Zapatista" is the definitive look at the uprising in Chiapas. It is the story of a Mayan peasant rebellion armed with sticks and their word against a first world military. It is the story of a global movement that has fought 175,000 federal troops to a stand still and transformed Mexican and international political culture forever.

Top Billed Cast

Edward James Olmos

Narrator (voice)

Rafael Sebastián Guillén Vicente

Self - EZLN Spokesperson (as Subcomandante Insurgente Marcos)

Javier Elorriaga

Self - National Coordinator, FZLN

Zack De La Rocha

Self - Lead Singer, Rage Against the Machine

Marina Patrícia Jimenez

Self - Center for Human Rights, Chiapas

Noam Chomsky

Self - Professor, MIT

Vivian Stromberg

Self - Director, MADRE

Karen Parker

Self - Attorney, Humanitarian Law Project

Daryl Hannah

Narrator (voice)


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

guerrilla warfare

mexico

rape

civil war

human rights

political corruption

government corruption

corrupt system

1990s

peasant army

zapatista

indigenous mexicans

military uprising

maya

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