Javier Elorriaga
Actor · b. 1961
Javier Elorriaga Berdeque is a Mexican journalist who was alleged to have joined the EZLN revolutionary movement in Chiapas, Mexico, in the 1980s, taking the nom de guerre Vicente.
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Movie7.2DocumentaryIn 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.
A Place Called Chiapas
1998 · 12 votes
Movie5.6DocumentaryHistory"Zapatista" is the definitive look at the uprising in Chiapas. It is the story of a Mayan peasant rebellion armed with sticks and their word against a first world military. It is the story of a global movement that has fought 175,000 federal troops to a stand still and transformed Mexican and international political culture forever.
Zapatista
1999 · 7 votes