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When The Mountains Tremble is a 1983 documentary film produced by Skylight Pictures about the war between the Guatemalan Military and the Mayan Indigenous population of Guatemala. Footage from this film was used as forensic evidence in the Guatemalan court for crimes against humanity, in the genocide case against Efraín Ríos Montt.
A documentary film by Pamela Yates about the Guatemalan people's struggle against a military dictatorship in the 1980s. Featuring Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Rigoberta Menchú, the film combines interviews, reenactments, and music to tell a story of resistance and democracy.
6 de sept. de 2019 · Topics. guerrilla, guatemala. Publisher. Skylight. Language. Spanish. Historia de la guerra civil en Guatemala. 1960 - 1986. Addeddate. 2019-09-06 22:20:40.
Título original: When the Mountains Tremble. Sinopsis: Un documental sobre la guerra entre el ejército guatemalteco y la población maya, con testimonios de primera mano por la ganadora del Premio Nobel de la Paz Rigoberta Menchú.
When the Mountains Tremble, filmed in 1982 at the height of the Guatemalan Army's repression against the Mayan indigenous people, has become a classic political documentary. It describes the struggle of the largely Indian peasantry against a heritage of state and foreign oppression.
A documentary about the Guatemalan civil war and the indigenous resistance led by Rigoberta Menchú, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate. Part of The Resistance Saga, a cinematic project that celebrates nonviolent activism in the Americas.
When the Mountains Tremble (1982) introduced indigenous rights leader Rigoberta Menchú as the storyteller in her role to expose repression during Guatemala’s brutal armed conflict. Winner of the Special Jury Award at Sundance, the film was seen worldwide and translated into 10 languages.
