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Rigoberta Menchú Tum (Spanish: [riɣoˈβeɾta menˈtʃu]; born 9 January 1959) [1] is a K'iche' Guatemalan human rights activist, feminist, [2] and Nobel Peace Prize laureate. . Menchú has dedicated her life to publicizing the rights of Guatemala's Indigenous peoples during and after the Guatemalan Civil War (1960–1996), and to promoting Indigenous rights international
Winaq (K'iche' for 'people' or 'humanity') is a left-wing political party in Guatemala whose most notable member is Rigoberta Menchú, an ethnic K'iche'. Its roots are in the indigenous communities of Guatemala.
In 1996, Rigoberta Menchu became a UN Ambassador for the world's Indigenous peoples [23] and helped promote the first International Decade of the World's Indigenous People. [25] Since then, she has run for President of Guatemala in both 2007 and 2011 as a member of the left-leaning Winaq party but lost both elections by a large majority. [24]
In 2004, When the Mountains Tremble was digitally remastered to commemorate its 20th anniversary. [9] The special edition released is updated after Menchú was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize and includes a filmmaker commentary as well as a never-before-seen introduction from Susan Sarandon and an illuminating epilogue reflecting on the country's events a decade later.
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The film features interviews with Nobel Prize winner Rigoberta Menchú, Jesse Jackson, executive director of the ACLU Anthony Romero, Junot Díaz, Lorenzo Meyer, Maria Hinojosa, Geraldo Rivera, musician Luis Enrique, Border Angels founder Enrique Morones, and poet Martin Espada.
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