A place called Chiapas
(DVD)

Documentary.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1998.

DVD package and menu design, Zeitgeist Films Ltd.

Title from opening frames.

Special features: Zapatista Uprising chronology, with updates and historical background in paper insert.

Directed by Nettie Wild ; camera, Kirk Tougas, Nettie Wild ; editor, Manfred Becker ; original music by Joseph Pepe Danza, Salvador Ferreras, Celso Machado, Laurence Mollerup ; produced with the participation of Telefilm Canada in association with the National Film Board of Canada and British Columbia Film with the assistance of the British Columbia Arts Council and the Canada Council for the Arts with the financial participation of Rogers Documentary Fund.

Narrated by Nettie Wild ; participants, Bishop Samuel Ruiz García, Subcomandante Marcos.

Filmed on location in Chiapas, Mexico.

On January 1, 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. Fighting for indigenous Mexicans to regain control over their lives and the land, the Zapatistas and their charismatic leader, guerilla poet Subcomandante Marcos, began sending their message to the world via the Internet. The result was what The New York Times called "the world's first postmodern revolution". Years into the uprising, filmmaker Nettie Wild traveled to the jungle canyons of southern Mexico to film the elusive and fragile life of the rebellion over an eight month period. Her camera effectively and movingly captures the personal stories behind a very public clash of traditional culture and globalization.

DVD format, NTSC; Region 1; 1.66:1 aspect ratio presentation.

In English and Spanish with some limited background Tzotzil; alternate Spanish language voiceover narration; subtitled in English for the deaf and hearing impaired (SDH).