When the Mountains Tremble (1983)
Title
When the Mountains Tremble (1983)
Subject
Quiché Indians
Guatemala--Politics and government--1945-1985
URL
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Description
Content description from Worldcat(https://www.worldcat.org/title/guatemala-when-the-mountains-tremble/oclc/20184176):
A documentary describing the struggle of the Indian peasantry in Guatemala against state and foreign oppression. Uses a variety of forms-- interviews, direct address, newsreels, re-inactmemts, video transmissions, and on-the-spot footage shot at great hazard. Loosely centered on the two experiences of a 23-year-old Indian woman now living in exile.
Ephemera: none available
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A documentary describing the struggle of the Indian peasantry in Guatemala against state and foreign oppression. Uses a variety of forms-- interviews, direct address, newsreels, re-inactmemts, video transmissions, and on-the-spot footage shot at great hazard. Loosely centered on the two experiences of a 23-year-old Indian woman now living in exile.
Ephemera: none available
Limitations: This page displays video content associated with a videotape in the CCDR Collections audiovisual library recorded by Joann W. Kealiinohomoku. Please be advised that, because this videotape has not yet been digitized for direct access, we cannot guarantee that the video content on this page is an exact match with the content originally recorded by Dr. Kealiinohomoku. We also cannot guarantee function or access for re-hosted video content.
Original Format
TV broadcast recorded off air by JWK: Betamax tape
Creator
Newton Thomas Sigel and Pamela Yates (directors)
Rigoberta Menchú (herself)
Peter Kinoy (producer)
Publisher
Skylight Pictures
Date
October 1983
Citation
“When the Mountains Tremble (1983),” Cross-Cultural Dance Resources Collections, accessed March 26, 2025, https://ccdrcollections.omeka.net/items/show/550.