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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
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 MachineMarina Patrícia Jimenez
Self - Center for Human Rights, Chiapas
Noam Chomsky
Self - Professor, MITVivian Stromberg
Self - Director, MADREKaren Parker
Self - Attorney, Humanitarian Law Project
Daryl Hannah
Narrator (voice)
Medea Benjamin
Self - Co-Director, Global ExchangeBlase Bonpane
Self - Director, Office of the Americas
Mumia Abu-Jamal
Self (voice)