AMERICA REFRAMED: La Manplesa: An Uprising Remembered

By Jennifer Robinson / Web Producer

Published September 27, 2024 at 2:17 PM PDT

With war in El Salvador, people fled to countries like the United States. And for immigrants living in a time of uncertainty, their new home of Mount Pleasant in Washington, D.C. became a community that honors family, culture, and more.

Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024 at 11 p.m. on KPBS 2 / Stream now with the PBS app + Encore Sunday, Sept. 29 at 6 a.m. on KPBS 2

On May 5, 1991, people took to the streets of Washington, D.C.’s Mount Pleasant neighborhood to protest the police shooting of a young Salvadoran man, Daniel Gomez. Through testimony, song, poetry, and street theater, "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.

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