When the Mountains Tremble
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Pamela Yates[1]
Susan Sarandon
| When the Mountains Tremble | |
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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 |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | New Yorker Films |
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Running time | 83 minutes |
| Country | United States |
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]
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]