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Zapatista

Zapatista

Jan 01, 1999 56m
5.2
6 votes

Synopsis

"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.

Title Zapatista
Companies Big Noise
Countries Mexico, United States of America
Keywords guerrilla warfare, mexico, rape, civil war, human rights, political corruption, government corruption, corrupt system, 1990s, peasant army, zapatista, indigenous mexicans, military uprising, maya
Edward James Olmos

Edward James Olmos

Narrator (voice)
Rafael Sebastián Guillén Vicente

Rafael Sebastián Guillén Vicente

Self - EZLN Spokesperson (as Subcomandante Insurgente Marcos)
Javier Elorriaga

Javier Elorriaga

Self - National Coordinator, FZLN
Zack De La Rocha

Zack De La Rocha

Self - Lead Singer, Rage Against the Machine
Marina Patrícia Jimenez

Marina Patrícia Jimenez

Self - Center for Human Rights, Chiapas
Noam Chomsky

Noam Chomsky

Self - Professor, MIT
Vivian Stromberg

Vivian Stromberg

Self - Director, MADRE
Karen Parker

Karen Parker

Self - Attorney, Humanitarian Law Project
Daryl Hannah

Daryl Hannah

Narrator (voice)
Medea Benjamin

Medea Benjamin

Self - Co-Director, Global Exchange
Blase Bonpane

Blase Bonpane

Self - Director, Office of the Americas
Mumia Abu-Jamal

Mumia Abu-Jamal

Self (voice)
Geronimo Pratt

Geronimo Pratt

Self (voice)
Jacqueline Soohen

Jacqueline Soohen

Narrator (voice)