Zapatista by Rick Rowley
Zapatista by Rick Rowley, Harvard University, Digital Video, 54 minutes, Documentary
On January 1, 1994 a Mayan peasant army rose up in Chiapas, Mexico demanding local democracy. Zapatista tells the story of how this band of peasants armed with wooden rifles fought 175,000 troops to a standstill and transformed Mexican political culture forever.