Zapatista (1999)

Director: Benjamin Eichert

"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.

Cast

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