A Place Called Chiapas (movie)

Name: A Place Called Chiapas
Director: Nettie Wild
Released: 1998-1-20
Rating: 7
Cast: Rafael Sebastián Guillén Vicente, Samuel Ruiz García, Javier Elorriaga, Jorge Kanter, Gonzalo Ituarte Icario

User score: 7
Production country: Canada, Mexico
Producer: Nettie Wild
Production companies: ONF | NFB
Genre: Documentary
Budget: $891,000
Revenue: $229,000
Release date: 2/20/1998
Run time: 93 min.

Movie description

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.