Sponsored by:
La Sierra Community Center’s Teen Council
ZAPATISTA!
Free Food, Movie & Discussion
about the Zapatista Uprising
in Southern Mexico, demanding
“Dignity for the Indigenous of Mexico”
WED. FEB. 23, 2005 6pm to 9pm
La Sierra Community Center
5215 La Sierra Ave (cross St Gramercy) exit 91 at La Sierra, go north to Gramercy.
909-223-3384 /
uprising@sbcglobal.net FREE FOOD! SOME TEACHERS ARE CONSIDERING EXTRA CREDIT FOR ATTENDING! This is an excellent opportunity to study culture, history, and politics in a way that is very real, and in some cases, very close to home.
MOVIE OVERVIEW
An incredible film documenting the first 4 years of the Zapatista uprising in southern Mexico, from. Includes interviews with Subcomandante Marcos, Insurgent leaders Tach and Ana Maria, Chiapas Dominican priest Pablo Romo, Zach De La Rocha from Rage Against The Machine, Noam Chomsky, civilian commantes David and Zebedeo, Medea Benjamin and more. Narration is by Edward James Olmos, Daryl Hannah, Geronimo Pratt and Mumia Abu Jamal. Rage Against the Machine, Neil Young and Ozomotli provide the soundtrack. A class production in every way. –Big Noise Films
