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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.
Keywords
guerrilla warfare
mexico
rape
civil war
human rights
political corruption
government corruption
corrupt system
1990s
peasant army
zapatista
indigenous mexicans
military uprising
maya
Casts
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
Blase Bonpane
Self - Director, Office of the Americas
Mumia Abu-Jamal
Self (voice)
Geronimo Pratt
Self (voice)
Jacqueline Soohen
Narrator (voice)
Crews
Ståle Sandberg
Director
Rick Rowley
Director
Benjamin Eichert
Director
Rick Rowley
Producer
Ståle Sandberg
Producer
Malcolm Sweeney
Editor
Osiris Castañeda
Producer
Rick Rowley
Director of Photography
Benjamin Eichert
Producer
Benjamin Eichert
Director of Photography
Malcolm Sweeney
Sound Designer
Osiris Castañeda
Additional Camera
Jacqueline Soohen
Additional Camera
Paul McNulty
Post Production Supervisor
Ståle Sandberg
Director of Photography
Paul McNulty
Additional Camera
Marisol Padilla Sánchez
Additional Camera
Paul McNulty
Editor
Joulie Wheler
Editor
Pontus Ohrstedt
Additional Camera
