FILM SHOWING AND SOCIAL

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EDINBURGH-CHIAPAS SOLIDARITY GROUP PRESENTS A FILM NIGHT AND FIESTA CELEBRATING THE FORMATION OF 'DIECI-SEIS DE FEBRERO' (16th FEBRUARY) THE ZAPATISTA AUTONOMOUS MUNICIPALITY OF CHIAPAS, MEXICO, WITH WHICH EDINBURGH-CHIAPAS SOLIDARITY GROUP IS TWINNED.

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Chronicle of a Rebellion; Mario Viveros (2008)
Zapatistas: Chronicle of a Rebellion

has a history of its own: This documentary's first version, entitled

La Guerra de Chiapas

and released in late January 1994, was one of the first journalistic efforts to present and analyse the Zapatista uprising. Ten years later, in 2004, a second version was released. Presented as a Chronicle, it documented the most important moments of the public history of the EZLN since the Zapatista uprising on 1st January 1994, as well as the reaction of the Mexican government, and Mexican and international civil society. This new version was called

Zapatistas: Chronicle of a Rebellion

. In January 2008

canalseísdejulio

released an updated edition, which chronicles the development of the Zapatista movement from 1994 until 2007. The updated edition includes material on the paramilitary group responsible for the massacre of Acteal in 1997 and images of the Zapatistas' most recent campaign,

la otra campaña

. It also investigates the role of the Zapatistas in the events surrounding the elections of 2006 and their involvement in the (brutally repressed) social movements in Atenco and Oaxaca. Furthermore, the updated version documents and denounces the Mexican government's strategy of militarization, accelerated under the current presidency of Felipe Calderón.

ABOUT EDINBURGH CHIAPAS SOLIDARITY GROUP:
ECSG SUPPORTS THE ZAPATISTAS IN THEIR FIGHT FOR A JUST AND DIGNIFIED LIFE. SINCE 2004, ECSG HAS RAISED AND DONATED MORE THAN £30,000 TO ZAPATISTA AUTONOMOUS HEALTH AND EDUCATION PROJECTS, WHICH ENABLED THE CONSTRUCTION OF AN AUTONOMOUS HEALTH CLINIC IN 'DIECI-SEIS DE FEBRERO',WHICH PREVIOUSLY HAD NO LOCAL HEALTHCARE SYSTEM. THE CLINIC SERVES THE RESIDENTS OF FORTY SURROUNDING VILLAGES - WHETHER THEY ARE ZAPATISTAS OR NOT...

As part of our continuing solidarity with this health clinic and all the autonomous health clinics in the Highlands of Chiapas, we will have on sale amber jewellery from 'DIECI-SEIS DE FEBRERO' plus other handicrafts from Zapatista co-operatives. Information on autonomous health, education and craft collectives in "16 de Febrero" http://www.edinchiapas.org.uk/16_de_febrero