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When the Mountains Tremble (1983) introduced indigenous rights leader Rigoberta Menchú as the storyteller in her role to expose repression during Guatemala’s brutal armed conflict. Winner...
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.
POV. Feature Film. 2012. 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.
When the Mountains Tremble is the story of how the Guatemalan people came to take up arms attempting to overthrow a brutal military dictatorship and regain their democracy. Maya K’iche’ leader Rigoberta Menchú was there; she tells the story.
Documentário. Perfil. Ficha técnica. Comentários. Notícias. L - Livre para todos os públicos 83 minutos. A documentary on the war between the Guatemalan military and the Mayan population, with firsthand accounts by Nobel Peace Prize winner Rigoberta Menchu. Estreia Mundial: 1983. Outras datas. Elenco de Quando as montanhas tremem. Nenhum.
Sinopse. O documentário relata a história de Rigoberta Menchú, uma indígena maia que lutou pelo seu povo durante um genocídio executado pela ditadura da Guatemala. Esse é o primeiro filme que retrata essa guerra não divulgada, contada aqui em primeira mão pelos olhos de Mechú, uma militante pela paz e pelos direitos dos índios.
The first film in a Guatemala-based trilogy from director Pamela Yates, this documentary focuses on the Ejercito Guerrillero de los Pobres (EGP) guerrilla group and its conflict with the Guatemalan army.
