Rigoberta Menchú: breaking the silence

Interview with the Guatemalan indigenous leader shortly before receiving the Nobel Peace Prize.

21 min | Indigenous Resistance,Women’s Resistance | 1992

Synopsis

Interview with the Guatemalan indigenous leader shortly before receiving the Nobel Peace Prize. She talks about  the situation of the country, the reality of the native ethnic groups, the risks of protagonism and her individual and collective dreams. 

Artistic and technic data

Year: 1992
Duration: 21 min
Production: Alba Films,Channel Four
Indigenous peoples: Maya K’iche’
Geographic area: Guatemala
Language: Spanish
Genre(s): Documentary