Rigoberta Menchú

Acting

Rigoberta Menchú

Born 1959-01-09 · Guatemala

Rigoberta Menchú Tum is a K'iche' indigenous feminist and human rights activist from Guatemala. Menchú has dedicated her life to publicizing the rights of Guatemala's indigenous peoples during and after the Guatemalan Civil War, and to promoting indigenous rights internationally. She was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1992.

Acting credits

La Llorona poster
6.4

Accused of the genocide of Mayan people, retired general Enrique is trapped in his mansion by massive protests. Abandoned by his staff, the indignant old man and his family must face the devastating truth of his actions and the growing sense that a wrathful supernatural force is targeting them for his crimes.

La Llorona

2019

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A documentary-art film, incorporating dance sequences alongside interviews with such luminaries as Rigoberta Menchú Tum, a K’iche’ Guatemalan human rights activist, feminist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, and current Guatemalan president Bernardo Arévalo.

Eruption

When the Mountains Tremble poster
9.0

A documentary on the war between the Guatemalan military and the Mayan population, with first hand accounts by Nobel Peace Prize winner Rigoberta Menchú.

When the Mountains Tremble

1983

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Mayan Renaissance is a feature length film which documents the glory of the ancient Maya civilization, the Spanish conquest in 1519, 500 years of oppression, and the courageous fight of the Maya to reclaim their voice and determine their own future, in Guatemala and throughout Central America. The film stars 1992 Nobel Peace Laureate and Maya Leader Rigoberta Mencu Tum. All of the images, voices, expert commentary and music in the film come directly from Central America, the heart of the Mayan World.

Mayan Renaissance

2012

Rigoberta Menchu: Daughter of the Maya poster
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The story of an unlikely hero, a poor indigenous Maya girl living in a remote section of Guatemala, who survived a genocide and became a voice for her people worldwide.

Rigoberta Menchu: Daughter of the Maya

2016

Indigenous Summer in Geneva poster
NR

A documentary following Indigenous struggles in the Americas and the pursuit for audience at the United Nations.

Indigenous Summer in Geneva

1986

The Inconclusive Independence poster
6.5

Documentary about the independence and history of Latin America.

The Inconclusive Independence

2010

Granito: How to Nail a Dictator poster
4.5

A story of destinies joined by Guatemala's past, and how a documentary film intertwined with a nation's turbulent history emerges as an active player in the present.

Granito: How to Nail a Dictator

2011

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7.0

Focuses on 1992 Nobel Peace Prize winner, Rigoberta Menchu, as she discusses the lack of human rights for the indigenous people of Guatemala and her commitment to the struggle for a more egalitarian society.

Rigoberta Menchú: Broken Silence

1992