A Place Called Chiapas
| Title | A Place Called Chiapas |
| Publication Type | Miscellaneous |
| Year of Publication | 1998 |
| Authors | Wild N |
| Keywords | Chiapas, Zapatistas |
| Abstract | "It's far from polished, but as always a documentary camera in sympathetic hands can capture unexpected and vital truths about a tough political situation. In this case, although the Zapatista commandants themselves are a fairly sympathetic lot, their dreams of revolution are being fought by the far more moving 2,000 (now more) very poor, powerless and uncertain people in the northern part of Chiapas -- people who have no guns and very little voice. If it did nothing else, the film awakened me to that part of the problem. Marcos comes off as something of a poseur, but since he has been there twelve years you want to have faith that he and his anonymous comrades will prove to be the heroes the indigenous people need." From IMDB. |
| Full Text | 11:30 Priest discuss the core motive -- a voice. Relates to public sphere and the Long Tail of political power. |