When the Mountains Tremble
1983 Guatemalan film / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.[2][3]
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Directed by | Newton Thomas Sigel Pamela Yates[1] |
Produced by | Peter Kinoy |
Starring | Rigoberta Menchú Susan Sarandon |
Cinematography | Newton Thomas Sigel |
Edited by | Peter Kinoy |
Music by | Rubén Blades |
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Distributed by | Skylight Pictures |
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Running time | 83 minutes |
Country | 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.[4][5]
The film centers on the experiences of Nobel Prize winner Rigoberta Menchú, a Quiché indigenous woman who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1992, nine years after the film came out.[6] When The Mountains Tremble won the Special Jury Award at the Sundance Film Festival, the Blue Ribbon Award at the American Film Festival, and the Grand Coral Award/Best North American Documentary at the Havana Film Festival.[7][8] A follow-up film was released in 2011, titled Granito: How to Nail a Dictator.[4]