A Place Called Chiapas
"Inside the world's first postmodern revolution"
Overview
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.
About A Place Called Chiapas (1998)
Released in 1998, A Place Called Chiapas is a documentary film from ONF | NFB (Canada). It was directed by Nettie Wild and written by Nettie Wild and Manfred Becker. The cast is led by Rafael Sebastián Guillén Vicente, Samuel Ruiz García, Javier Elorriaga, Jorge Kanter and Gonzalo Ituarte Icario. With a runtime of 1h 33m, the film averages 7.2/10 across 12 TMDB ratings. It was made on a budget of $891,000 and went on to gross $229,000 worldwide.
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