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![Massacre Rally](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 1/11/1998Call Number: CV 118Format: CassetteProducers: Chuy VarelaProgram: Noticiero AhoraCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Rally on 24th and Mission in San Francisco commemorating indigenous people massacared in Acteal, Chiapas.
![Zapatista](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 1/1/1998Call Number: V 538Format: VHSProducers: Big NoiseCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
With exclusive access and interviews with Subcomandante Marcos, Noam Chomsky and others, Zapatista is the definitive look at the Zapatista uprising, its historical roots and its lessons for the present and the future.
January 1, 1994. The day the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) comes into effect. A few minutes after midnight in Southeastern Mexico,several thousand Mayan soldiers take over half the state of Chiapas, declaring a war against the global corporate power they say rules Mexico. They call themselves the Zapatista National Liberation Army(EZLN).
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 standstill and transformed Mexican and international political culture forever.
FeaturingInterviews with: Subcomandante Marcos, Noam Chomsky, Comandante Tacho,David and Zebedeo, Mayor Insurgente Ana Maria, Javier Elorriaga, Zachde la Rocha.
![La Familia Indigena](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 1/1/1998Call Number: V 545Format: VHSProducers: Chiapas Media ProjectProgram: La Familia IndigenaCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Examines the role of men and women in the Indigenous community of Ejido Morelia. They discuss their individual and collective work.
![The Bad Harvest](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 1/1/1998Call Number: V 546Format: VHSProducers: Chiapas Media ProjectProgram: The Bad HarvestCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Documents severe food shortages in 1998. A six-month drought followed by heavy rains and flooding destroyed 50% of the corn crops and 80% of the bean crops. This natural disaster occurs at the same time as constant harassment by 60,000 troops.
![The Sacred Land](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 1/1/1998Call Number: V 547Format: VHSProducers: Chiapas Media ProjectProgram: The Sacred LandCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
The Sacred Land describes what life was like on plantations before the Zapatista uprising in 1994. Decribes the slavery-like conditions in which people worked for the rancheros. Community members reflect on how life has changed since 1994 and express their hopes and dreams for their collective future.
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