Documentary Screening: Las Muertes Más Bellas del Mundo

The Most Beautiful Deaths in the World

Explore the rich history of the Salvadoran artist-run scene in D.C. This is the first in a series of screenings held in conjunction with the fall exhibit D.I.Y. in the District.

Las Muertes Más Bellas del Mundo tells a story of the Salvadoran diaspora’s struggles and humanity through the eyes of artists who created art out of war.The film follows a poet’s journey to find acceptance and healing through his writing of Las Muertes and interweaves a collection of Salvadoran-Wachintonian artist portraits – a poet, a photographer, a dancer, and musicians. Collectively, their voices and archival images tell a compelling, intimate, and historically-grounded story of a community resolving trauma and finding identity, salvation, and joy. Following the screening, members of the Yellow House Collective will lead a Q&A.

This screening and conversation is held in conjunction with the exhibition D.I.Y. in the District: Celebrating D.C.'s Artist-Run Spaces, on view through December 7 at the MLK Library.

This program, and the DC Public Library Arts and Exhibits Program, is made possible in part through support from the DC Public Library Foundation.
Visit the exhibit website for a full schedule of artist-driven programs during October and November.

About the Yellow House Collective:

The Yellow House Collective is made up of individuals of different generations, backgrounds, stories, and histories—each of us with different forms of strength, ideas, and insight. Throughout the making of Las Muertes Más Bellas del Mundo, they bonded, became a collective, and found solidarity through their shared love for art and community. They are a working team of experienced filmmakers, event producers, scholars, researchers, designers, organizers, cultural workers and much more. All have deep roots and connections in the DC Salvadoran community.

The Collective marks history with the first feature length film conceived and directed by Salvadorans who have made the nation’s capital home, the team includes those who directed and produced the award-winning documentary La Manplesa: An Uprising Remembered – which has been shown on WORLD Channel’s America ReFramed and has been screened at multiple film festivals across the country.

This screening and conversation is held in conjunction with the exhibition D.I.Y. in the District: Celebrating D.C.'s Artist-Run Spaces, on view through December 7 at the MLK Library.

This program, and the DC Public Library Arts and Exhibits Program, is made possible in part through support from the DC Public Library Foundation.
Visit the exhibit website for a full schedule of artist-driven programs during October and November.

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