Las Muertes Más Bellas del Mundo/The Most Beautiful Deaths in the World tells the story of five artists whose families fled El Salvador’s civil war in the 1980’s, landed in the nation’s capital, and created art out of war.
In-Person
AFS Cinema THEATER #2
May 17
Credits
Director(s):
Quique Aviles, Ellie Walton
Biography(s):
Quique Aviles is a DC-based community scholar, filmmaker, teacher, poet, and performer. Originally from El Salvador, Quique has dedicated his life to documenting the stories of everyday people from immigrant, Black, and poor communities and bringing them to life through poetry, performance, and film. In addition to Co-Directing Las Muertes Más Bellas del Mundo, Quique and Ellie collaborated on La Manplesa: An Uprising Remembered which screened at festivals and was broadcast on PBS’ America ReFramed.
