Zapatista

A Big Noise Film Narraration by: Edward James Olmos - Daryl Hannah - Geronimo Pratt - Mumia Abu-Jamal January 1 - 1994: The day the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) comes into effect. A few minutes after midnight in Southeastern Mexico - several thousand indigenous soldiers take over half the state of Chiapas - declaring a war against global corporate power and for humanity. They call themselves the Zapatista National Liberation Army (EZLN). Zapatista is a definitive look at the rebellion in Chiapas. It is the story of a Mayan peasant uprising - 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 standstill and transformed Mexican and international political culture forever. Interviews with: Subcomandante Marcos - Noam Chomsky - Tacho - Ana Maria - Medea Benjamin - and many more. Music by Rage Against the Machine - Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Ozomatli - DJ Vadam - The Herbaliser - and Silvio Rodriguez. (VHS - 54 minutes - 1998.)