Join Sankofa Video Books & Café for an evening film screening under the stars on their patio presented in collaboration with Positive Productions Inc.

Follow stories of loss, healing, and new possibilities from the Salvadoran D.C. diaspora in “Las Muertes Más Bellas del Mundo/The Most Beautiful Deaths in the World”, an artistically crafted feature-length documentary from Quique Aviles and the Yellow House Collective.

The film follows Quique on his journey to find answers and healing from the traumatic events that led to his migration north, leading him to write "Las Muertes Más Bellas del Mundo," a powerful, heart-wrenching poem that serves to reclaim his dead and the dignity of a nation torn apart by war and mass displacement.

Threaded within Quique's journey are interviews, music videos, performances, and archival footage of Salvadoran-Wachintonian artists that tell an intimate story of a community resolving trauma and finding identity, belonging, and joy after fleeing the Salvadoran civil war and settling in Washington, D.C. They uplift the power of art to heal in a world fraught with legacies of injustice.

Followed by a conversation with the filmmakers!