When the Mountains Tremble

When the Mountains Tremble
by Pamela Yates, Newton Thomas Sigel

When the Mountains Tremble
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Actor: Rigoberta Mench?, Susan Sarandon
Director: Newton Thomas Sigel, Pamela Yates
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC, Special Edition
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 90 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-08-24
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: New Video Group

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Movie Review: Take your glasses off and see whats going on
Summary: 5 Stars

Takes away the mainstream bs and give truth a voice! In the practiced web of deceit, known commonly as US Foreign Policy; human rights and democracy are foreign. Remember Shakespeare's, "Me thinks he doth protest too much!". The USA's talking way too too much about democracy. So instead of looking behind the "IRON CURTAINS" of yesterday, today, & tomorrow look inside, "When the Mountains tremble".

Summary of When the Mountains Tremble

The 20th Anniversary Special Edition of When the Mountains Tremble remains as startling and sad as it was when first released. Though promoted as "the astonishing story" of Nobel Peace Prize winner and Quiche Indian Rigoberta Mench?, the documentary is actually more the story of the Guatemalan people at large, specifically the struggles of the poor and peaceful Indian population that came to be labeled "subversives" by a draconian government.

The film won several independent film awards, and earns its stead among other political truth-telling documentaries, including Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11. The explanation of the role the Reagan administration played in providing money, arms and training to the corrupt Guatemalan government has relevance to countless other American interventions in foreign affairs. The filmmakers reveal both the complexities and the tragedies of the Guatemalan situation; scenes of Indians digging through massive garbage dumps for useful scraps are juxtaposed with those of government-sponsored beauty pageants in which Indians are proudly paraded in native costumes. Footage of breast-feeding Indians making camp in the jungle to avoid being found (and killed) is equally as compelling as the images from protests and brutalities that occurred in the cities.

When it comes to the DVD extras, skip the pointless introduction by Susan Sarandon, who delivers her canned speech unusually stiffly and wearing a schlumpy blue sweatshirt, and head straight for the audio commentary by filmmakers Pamela Yates and Newton Thomas Sigel and producer Peter Kinoy. Their insights, added in 2004, answer many of the lingering questions spawned by the two-decades-old film, including indigenous Guatemalan gains made (and lost) in the years since. --Brangien Davis

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