Zapatista
1999
⏱️ 56 min
📅 Released
🌐 EN
DocumentaryHistory
"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.
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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
Crew
Director
Ståle Sandberg, Rick Rowley, Benjamin Eichert
Producer
Rick Rowley, Ståle Sandberg, Osiris Castañeda
Production
Big Noise
Keywords
guerrilla warfaremexicorapecivil warhuman rightspolitical corruptiongovernment corruptioncorrupt system1990speasant army