When the Mountains Tremble (1983)
- Directed by
- Pamela Yates, Newton Thomas Sigel
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- Guatemala, United States
- Runtime
- 1h 23m
- Rating
- 9.0 of 10 from 5 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This documentary covers the conflict between the Guatemalan military and the Mayan Indigenous population. It focuses on the experiences of Rigoberta Menchu, a Quiche woman who later won the Nobel Peace Prize.
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What happens
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. 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. 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. A follow-up film was released in 2011, titled Granito: How to Nail a Dictator. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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