Rigoberta Menchú
Birthday
1959/01/09 (65 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Guatemala
Also know as
Rigoberta Menchú Tum
Biography
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
(2012) Mayan Renaissance
as Self
Indigenous Summer in Geneva
as ---
(1992) Rigoberta Menchú: Broken Silence
as Self
(2011) Granito: How to Nail a Dictator
as ---
(1983) When the Mountains Tremble
as Self
Rigoberta Menchu: Daughter of the Maya
as Self
(2019) La Llorona
as Dra. Rigoberta Menchú Tum
(2010) The Inconclusive Independence
as Self (archive footage)