A Place Called Chiapas

Name: A Place Called Chiapas
Director: Nettie Wild
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1998-02-20
Duration: 93 min
Rating: 7.208
Cast: Rafael Sebastián Guillén Vicente, Samuel Ruiz García, Javier Elorriaga, Jorge Kanter, Gonzalo Ituarte Icario

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A Place Called Chiapas

*7.2

Status

Released

Production

ONF | NFB

Aired

1998-02-20

A Place Called Chiapas

In 1994, the Zapatista National Liberation Army, made up of impoverished Mayan Indians from the state of Chiapas, took over five towns and 500 ranches in southern Mexico. The government deployed its troops and at least 145 people died in the ensuing battle. Filmmaker Nettie Wild travelled to the country's jungle canyons to film the elusive and fragile life of this uprising.

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