Zapatista (1999)

overview : "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.

Release Date : Jan 01, 1999

Runtime : 56m

Genre : Documentary  History  

Companies : Big Noise

Countries : Mexico, United States of America

Keywords : guerrilla warfare, mexico, rape, civil war, human rights, political corruption, government corruption, corrupt system, anti-capitalism, 1990s, peasant army, zapatista, indigenous mexicans, military uprising, maya