Las muertes más bellas del mundo = The most beautiful deaths in the world produced by/producido por The Yellow House Collective ; directed by/dirigido por Quique Aviles & Ellie Walton

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Aviles, Quique, film director.

Walton, Ellie, film director, director of photography.

McIlvaine, Magee, editor of moving image work.

Nájera, Hugo, composer (expression).

Yellow House Collective (Washington, D.C.), production company.

Language:

English

Spanish

Subjects (All):

Artists.

Salvadoran Americans.

El Salvador.

Washington (D.C.).

Genre:

Documentary films

Nonfiction films

Feature films

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 video file (1 hr., 10 min., 59 sec.)) sound, color

Other Title:

Most beautiful deaths in the world

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] [Yellow House Collective] [2024]

Language Note:

English and Spanish with Spanish and English subtitles

Summary:

"1980 marked the beginning of an exodus of Salvadorans fleeing a US-backed war, with tens of thousands of people making the Washington, DC, region their new home. This mass migration gave birth to a new artistic movement. Using the corner of 15th & Irving Streets in NW DC as their home base, artists brought meaning to a uniquely Salvadoran-Wachintonian identity. In the process, they shaped the city’s vibrant, longstanding, and thriving cultural scene 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"-- Production company website

Credits:

Editor, Magee Mcilvaine ; director of photography, Ellie Walton ; composer, Hugo Nájera (DJ Mezkla)

Notes:

Originally produced as a motion picture in 2024

Online resource; title from title frame (viewed September 16, 2025)

OCLC:

1536353970

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license