PLACE CALLED CHIAPAS (DVD/1.66/1999/ENG-BOTH) DVD

A Place Called Chiapas
While Mexico's indigenous peoples have been struggling for years to gain political representation and economic justice, their battles came to a head on January 1, 1994, when a militant political faction, the Zapatista National Liberation Army (or EZLN), led by a mysterious man known only as Subcommandante Marcos, led a massive raid that took control of five villages and 500 ranches in Mexico. The EZLN's actions were in protest of the ratification of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), which (among other things) cleared the way for agricultural imports that effectively destroyed the livelihood of Mexico's poorest citizens. Since then, the Mexican government has ruthlessly hunted down the EZLN and their leadership, though officials have denied the existence of the Peace and Justice Party, the paramilitary group established to wipe out the EZLN. For A Place Called Chiapas, Canadian documentarian Nettie Wild spent nine months in Chiapas, Mexico, one of the nation's poorest regions and a stronghold of the EZLN, following the activities of both the EZLN rebels and the Peace and Justice party, and scoring a rare on-camera interview with Marcos (who prefers to communicate using the more anonymous and widely circulated medium of the Internet). A Place Called Chiapas won the prize for Best Documentary at the 1998 Los Angeles International Film Festival. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

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Crew Nettie Wild - Director Manfred Becker - Editor Laurence Mollerup - Composer (Music Score) Celso Machado - Composer (Music Score) Salvador Ferreras - Composer (Music Score) Joseph Pepe Danza - Composer (Music Score) Robin Lupit Bain - Camera Operator Kirk Tougas - Cinematographer Nettie Wild - Cinematographer Betsy Carson - Production Manager Nettie Wild - Producer Betsy Carson - Producer Kirk Tougas - Producer Velcrow Ripper - Sound/Sound Designer Nettie Wild - Screenwriter Manfred Becker - Screenwriter

A Place Called Chiapas
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Genie Awards, Best Documentary (winner)

General Specifications: Language Options: English, Spanish Subtitle Options: English Sound Processing: DD2: Dolby Digital Stereo Additional Features: Alternate Spanish language voiceover narration English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired Zapatista Uprising chronology, with updates and historical background DVD Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1: Vistavision MPAA Rating: NR DVD Discs Included: 1 DVD Sides: 1 DVD DVD Region Code: 1 Content Length: 92 min   DVD Chapters: Side #1 -- 1. Opening Titles [4:58] 2. La Realidad [2:05] 3. NAFTA, Birth of the Revolution [6:54] 4. Encuentro, a Gathering [11:58] 5. The Hidden War [10:56] 6. Power in Mexico City [3:21] 7. Peace Negotiations [5:45] 8. The Big Ranch Families [11:28] 9. Last Day of Encuentro [14:26] 10. Return of the Refugees [10:17] 11. Day of the Dead [6:22] 12. End Credits [3:42]