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Zapatista

5.21999

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"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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Director(s): Benjamin Eichert, Rick Rowley, Ståle Sandberg

Writer(s): Not Available

Producer(s): Ståle Sandberg, Benjamin Eichert, Osiris Castañeda, Rick Rowley

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Keywords

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

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)

Medea Benjamin

Self - Co-Director, Global Exchange

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