*"A Place Called Chiapas"*
-Saturday February 24th, 2:00 pm
-Studio 35, 3055 Indianola Ave., Columbus, OH
-Mark your calendars!
"A Place Called Chiapas" to be shown at Studio 35
The Ohio Zapatista Coalition is pleased to announce "A Place Called Chiapas", winner of the 1999 Genie Award for Best Canadian Documentary, showing at Studio 35 (3055 Indianola Avenue) in Columbus, Ohio on Saturday February 24th, 2001. Doors will open at 1:15 pm and the film starts at 2:00 pm. There will be booths and information on hand, and concessions will be available. Cost is $4.00 per ticket. For more information please call R.J. at (614)291-0739.
An after-party will be held at the Addition 13 Project at 535 Whittier (near the corner of Parsons) in German Village, starting at 8 pm. Featured artists are Why?, L. Black, Angstrom + Ramage, and the Awakening. Cost is free with your ticket stub from the movie, otherwise $4 donations will be accepted. Food will be provided free of charge.
"On January 1st, 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. Fighting for indigenous Mexicans to regain control over their lives and the land, the Zapatista Army, led by the charismatic, guerrilla poet Subcommandante Marcos, started sending their message to the world via the Internet. The result was what the New York Times called "the world's first post-modern revolution." Filmmaker Nettie Wild traveled to the jungle canyons of southern Mexico to film the elusive and fragile life of the uprising. Her camera effectively and movingly captures the human dimensions behind this war of symbols."
-Be there!