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Beyond the Lens with Ellie Walton | Interview

An interview with filmmaker Ellie Walton (La Manplesa: An Uprising Remembered).

Aired 10/06/2022 | Rating TV-PG

America ReFramed

Beyond the Lens with Ellie Walton | Interview

Clip: Season 10 Episode 8 | 4m 42sVideo has Closed Captions

An interview with filmmaker Ellie Walton (La Manplesa: An Uprising Remembered).

Ellie Walton talks about the rarely heard of events that unfolded in Washington, D.C.'s Mount Pleasant neighborhood in May 1991 and how they inspired her to share the stories of the community's Memory Keepers in her documentary, La Manplesa: An Uprising Remembered. The filmmaker also discusses the impact those days had on her as a child and as a storyteller today.

Aired 10/06/2022 | Rating TV-PG

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Major funding for America ReFramed provided by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Wyncote Foundation, and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Additional funding provided by Open Society Foundations,...

La Manplesa: An Uprising Remembered | A Change in Community

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The 1991 uprising leads to a conversation starter for a Washington, D.C. community. (1m 6s)

La Manplesa: An Uprising Remembered | El Barrio

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Immigrants from El Salvador find a new home and a familiar community in Mount Pleasant. (3m 10s)

La Manplesa: An Uprising Remembered | Gentrification

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With gentrification comes unpleasant, and sometimes violent, experiences with police. (3m 27s)

La Manplesa: An Uprising Remembered | Preview

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A collective memory of Mt. Pleasant's Salvadoran community and the May 1991 rebellion. (30s)

La Manplesa: An Uprising Remembered | Trailer

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A collective memory of Mt. Pleasant's Salvadoran community and the May 1991 rebellion. (3m 29s)

La Manplesa: An Uprising Remembered | WE EXIST

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Lilo Gonzalez and Roland Roebuck talk about the '91 uprising, representation and policing. (1m 18s)

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Major funding for America ReFramed provided by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Wyncote Foundation, and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Additional funding provided by Open Society Foundations,...

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