The Last Zapatistas

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Almost one hundred years later after the 1910 Mexican Revolution, the last of the soldiers who fought beside General Emiliano Zapata offer their chilling testimony of the Liberation Army of the South. They speak on the failure of the Revolution and of today's neoliberal governments, of the agrarian and ecological disaster threatening their country and of the looming civil war if the Zapatista ideals they represent continue to be ignored. "Twelve veterans of the Mexican Revolutionary Army of the south under Gen Emilio Zapata, all around 100 years old, recount with astounding vigor past battles and present betrayals. Colorfully posed in fields, courtyards, cafes, castles and kitchens, frailly gesturing with sticks, antique rifles or fully loaded automatics, they relate a collective history in which they played an active role..." Variety Magazine