When the Mountains Tremble
1983
Documentary / History / War
9.0 (5)
1 hr 23 min
Spanish
The Astonishing Story of Rigoberta Menchù, Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize
A documentary on the war between the Guatemalan military and the Mayan population, with first hand accounts by Nobel Peace Prize winner Rigoberta Menchú.
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Skylight Pictures
Keywords
- guerrilla warfare
- central intelligence agency (cia)
- central and south america
- indigenous
- massacre
- central america
- military dictatorship
- guatemala
- woman director
- guatemalan civil war
- maya
Links
Top Cast
Rigoberta Menchú as Self
Top Crew
Pamela Yates · Director
Newton Thomas Sigel · Director, Cinematographer
Rubén Blades · Composer
Peter Kinoy · Editor
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