La Manplesa: An Uprising Remembered

La Manplesa: An Uprising Remembered (2021)

Documentary

On May 5th, 1991, people took to the streets of Washington D.C.’s 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 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.

Director: Ellie Walton

Casts

	Quique Avilés as Self
	Pepe Gonzalez as Self
	Lilo Gonzalez as Self
	Sami Miranda as Self
	Ronald Chacon as Self
	Pedro Avilés as Self
	Lori Kaplan as Self
	Lupi Quinteros-Grady as Self
	Roland Roebuck as Self
	Jackie Reyes-Yanes as Self
	Arturo Griffiths as Self

Crew