A place called Chiapas
Dir. Nettie Wild
A Place Called Chiapas | 1998 | Canada | 96 min.
Synopsis
Screened at the Berlin International Film Festival, A Place Called Chiapas revolves around the uprising of the Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN) in 1994. The interviews include the voices and protagonists involved in the conflict: Subcomandante Marcos, the bishop Samuel Ruiz, Zapatista militants, Chiapas farmers, soldiers, persecuted persons and members of the paramilitary group Paz y Justicia.
* This copy was remastered from the source material and supervised by the director herself in person, in the Digital Laboratory of the UNAM Film Library.
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Credits
Director
Nettie Wild
Producers
Betsy Carson, Kirk Tougas, Nettie Wild.
Company producers
National Film Board of Canada, British Columbia Arts Council
Cinematography
Kirk Tougas, Nettie Wild
Script
Manfred Becker, Nettie Wild
Press notes
Festivals
- International Premiere at Berlin Film Festival, Audience Award, 1999
- Best Documentary, AFI Fest, 1998
- Official selection, Hot Docs, 1999
- Honors conced by American Independent Documentary Association
- Canadian Oscar for Bes Documentary, 1999
