A Place Called Chiapas
by Nettie Wild
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Actor: Marcos (II), Marcos, Samuel Ruiz Garc?aDirector: Nettie Wild
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Subtitled); English (Original Language); Spanish (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.66:1
Running Time: 92 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-05-17
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Zeitgeist Films
Movie Reviews of A Place Called Chiapas
Movie Review: Not an in-depth look at the situation.
Summary: 3 Stars
If you've read the collection of writings in Ya Basta! and followed Marcos's and others writing online, you may find this documentary uninformative and lacking in real detail about the people involved on both sides, and the philosophy of the Zapatistas. Still, the subjects themselves are interesting enough to give A Place Called Chiapas a watch if you're interested in the Zapatista movement.
Summary of A Place Called Chiapas
A trip into the perilous state of Chiapas in southern Mexico is taken in this documentary, which focuses on the Zapatista National Liberation Army and its mysterious leader, Subcomandante Marcos. The narration notes that The New York Times has referred to the struggle of the Zapatistas as the "world's first postmodern revolution," and there is a remarkably surreal air at times. At one point Subcomandante Marcos is filmed while posing for the French fashion magazine Marie Claire, yet there can be no denying that the residents he champions are extremely poor. The interviews with farmers who fear they will be murdered by government troops are moving, and a press conference in which tape recordings of death threats are played is disturbing. The film's director, Nettie Wild, has a definite point of view and notes stoically that a memo from American bankers may have inspired the violence directed against the local rebels by the Mexican government. The background of the rebellion in Chiapas is told concisely with most of the film consisting of atmospheric footage showing life in the troubled and violent region. The film crew was itself threatened by right-wing paramilitary death squads, and the paranoia that is an asset in such an environment is tensely translated via filmed encounters with government troops. --Robert J. McNamaraOn 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. Her camera effectively and movingly captures the personal stories behind a very public clash of traditional culture and globalization.
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