La Manplesa An Uprising Remembered

On May 5th 1991 people took to the streets of Washington DCs Mount Pleasant neighborhood to protest the police shooting of Daniel Gómez a young man from El Salvador Through testimony song poetry and street theatre La Manplesa weaves together the collective memory of one of DCs 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