The Revolt of Dignity. The Zapatista Movement in Chiapas
May 01, 2007 | IMDB 0
65 min Watch NowDocumentary
On January 1, 1994, thousands of indigenous people occupied seven towns in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas under the slogan "Ya Basta!" (Enough!) occupied seven towns in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas. For two weeks, the Zapatistas - who named themselves after the revolutionary Emiliano Zapata - fought armed against the government, which had only contempt or violence for them.
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