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Zapatista (1999)

Zapatista (1999)

History Documentary
Release Date: 1999, January 1
Directors: Rick Rowley, Benjamin Eichert, Ståle Sandberg
Countries: Mexico, United States of America
Production: Big Noise
Cast: Noam Chomsky, Edward James Olmos, Daryl Hannah, Zack De La Rocha, Karen Parker, Blase Bonpane, Medea Benjamin, Rafael Sebastián Guillén Vicente, Geronimo Pratt, Mumia Abu-Jamal, Javier Elorriaga, Marina Patrícia Jimenez

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.

Keywords:

political corruption civil war 1990s mexico rape guerrilla warfare government corruption corrupt system human rights maya indigenous mexicans zapatista peasant army military uprising