Tuesday
5th August 2003: Zapata Update: Patricia Velazquez is set to star as the wife
of Emilio Zapata in Alfonso
Arau's long-in-development biopic Zapata. The project
is in production in
Morelos, Mexico. The indie biopic sees Latin singing
star Alejandro
Fernandez star as the late Mexican revolutionary hero
elected leader of his
village, San Miguel Anenecuilco, in 1909. He went on
to organize an army,
fighting against repression and for the socialization
of the land. Lured to
a meeting with government officials, Zapata was assassinated
in April 1919.
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