When the Mountains Tremble (1983)
A documentary on the war between the Guatemalan military and the Mayan population, with first hand accounts by Nobel Peace Prize winner Rigoberta Menchú.
- Released
- 1983-09-30
- Genres
- Documentary, History, War
- Runtime
- 83 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Pamela Yates, Newton Thomas Sigel
- TMDB rating
- 9.0/10 from 5 votes
Cast
- Rigoberta Menchú as Self
- Eddie Jones as Ambassador John Peurifoy
- Shawn Elliott as President Jacobo Arbenz
- Linda Segura as Maria Arbenz
- Frank Alcarin as Servant
- Bette Craig as Betty Peurifoy
- Shelly Desai as Col. Castillo Armas
- Ron Ryan as Col. Al Haney
- John D. Swain as CIA personnel
- James Steel as CIA personnel