La Manplesa documentary screening and Q&A

2201 G Street Northwest,Washington DC 20052

26 April, 2022

Description

AMST2750 "Latinos in the U.S." presents a public screening of documentary "La Manplesa" Q&A w/producer Quique Aviles & director Ellie Walton On May 5th, 1991, people took to the streets of Washington D.C.’s Mount Pleasant neighborhood to protest the police shooting of Daniel Gomez, a young man from El Salvador. Through testimony, song, poetry, and street theatre, La Manplesa: An Uprising Remembered weaves together the collective memory of one of D.C.’s first barrios, and dives into the roots of the ‘91 rebellion. As people across the world take to the streets to demand an end to police brutality, the film honors the largely untold stories that have come before us, and explores how artists prompt us to remember what we still have to fight for.