The read
Critics rate it 12 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes86%
Critics rate it 12 points higher than audiences do.
12 audience votes
Key crew
- Nettie WildDirector
- Manfred BeckerWriter
- Nettie WildWriter
- Joseph Pepe DanzaOriginal Music Composer
- Salvador FerrerasOriginal Music Composer
- Celso MachadoOriginal Music Composer
- Laurence MollerupOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Rafael Sebastián Guillén VicenteSelf (as Subcomandante Marcos)
- Samuel Ruiz GarcíaSelf
- Javier ElorriagaSelf
- Jorge KanterSelf
- Gonzalo Ituarte IcarioSelf
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Themes
mexicorefugeewoman director1990szapatista