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Zapatista (1999)

5.2/10 0h 56m Jan 01, 1999
Documentary History

"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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Movie Details

Original Title Zapatista
Original Language EN
Status Released
Popularity 0.2

Cast

Edward James Olmos
Edward James Olmos
Narrator (voice)
Popularity: 3.2
No Photo" alt="Rafael Sebastián Guillén Vicente" class="cast-photo">
Rafael Sebastián Guillén Vicente
Self - EZLN Spokesperson (as Subcomandante Insurgente Marcos)
Popularity: 0.1
No Photo" alt="Javier Elorriaga" class="cast-photo">
Javier Elorriaga
Self - National Coordinator, FZLN
Popularity: 0.4
Zack De La Rocha
Zack De La Rocha
Self - Lead Singer, Rage Against the Machine
Popularity: 2.2
No Photo" alt="Marina Patrícia Jimenez" class="cast-photo">
Marina Patrícia Jimenez
Self - Center for Human Rights, Chiapas
Popularity: 0.5
Noam Chomsky
Noam Chomsky
Self - Professor, MIT
Popularity: 1.4
No Photo" alt="Vivian Stromberg" class="cast-photo">
Vivian Stromberg
Self - Director, MADRE
Popularity: 0.0
No Photo" alt="Karen Parker" class="cast-photo">
Karen Parker
Self - Attorney, Humanitarian Law Project
Popularity: 0.3
Daryl Hannah
Daryl Hannah
Narrator (voice)
Popularity: 3.8
Medea Benjamin
Medea Benjamin
Self - Co-Director, Global Exchange
Popularity: 0.0
No Photo" alt="Blase Bonpane" class="cast-photo">
Blase Bonpane
Self - Director, Office of the Americas
Popularity: 0.1
Mumia Abu-Jamal
Mumia Abu-Jamal
Self (voice)
Popularity: 2.5

Key Crew

Director Benjamin Eichert, Rick Rowley, Ståle Sandberg
Producer Ståle Sandberg, Benjamin Eichert, Osiris Castañeda
Editor Paul McNulty, Joulie Wheler, Malcolm Sweeney

Production

Big Noise

Videos & Trailers

Zapatista! Trailer
Zapatista! Trailer
Trailer

Keywords

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

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Details
Release Date January 1, 1999
Runtime 0h 56m
Language EN
Status Released
Popularity 0.2
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