Every major social movement has its music, its anthems, its songs. Music tells the story of a people, their dreams, their hopes, their vision for a different world. But what happens when the music crosses borders to embrace new cultures?
In the U.S., people of color have been turning more and more to the Zapatismo as a source of hope and as proof that, as the Zapatistas say, a different world is possible.
Rhythms of Zapata is a half-hour documentary on the Chicano-Zapatista movement of East Los Angeles, where a number of Chicano artists inspired by the Zapatistas have been using music to raise awareness in their own communities and to struggle for a better world.
Featuring:
- Luv the Messenger – Rapper and youth activist
- Marisol – Performance artist and activist, member of Chusma, In Lak Ech, Self-Help Graphics, Chicano Records and Films
- Nico – Poet and youth activist – member of Poets del Norte
- Xela – Rapper and youth activist – member of Cihuatl-Ce
- Olmeca – Hip-hop artist and activist
- Joel García – Graphic artist and activist
- Tolteka – Hip-hop artist and activist
- Roberto Flores – Researcher and Zapatista activist
- Elisa Mejía – Activist, member of Radio Insurgencia Femenina (KPFK, Los Angeles), member of Center for Popular Action
- Colectivo Error – Musicians and activists
- Sherman Austin – Hip-hop artist and activist against police violence
- Cynthia, Priscila, Crystal – fans at concert
- Dan Nemser – Student at UC Berkeley and Zapatista activist
- Joaquín Cienfuegos – Member of Cop Watch Los Angeles and Revolutionary Autonomous Communities
- Manuel Macías – Supporter of Cop Watch Los Angeles
- Josefina Macías – Member of Cop Watch Los Angeles and Revolutionary Autonomous Communities
- Subcomandante Insurgente Marcos
Music by:
Cihuatl-Ce
Olmeca
Tolteka
Fuga
Dialated Peoples
Banda Bassotti
Flor de Fango
Tijuana No
Aztlán Underground, and
Colectivo Error
Collectives and organizations:
Eastside Café
5469 Huntington Drive
El Sereno, CA 90032
Eastsidecafe_contact@yahoo.com
http://eastsidecafe.revolt.org/Main/HomePage
Cop Watch Los Angeles
235 W. Martin Luther King Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90037
Revolutionary Autonomous Communities rac@riseup.net
Radio Insurgente www.radioinsurgente.org
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