Cine

History of The Dominican Cinema

By lenny gomez1

  • Specialized magazine of black and white art,

    Specialized magazine of black and white art,
    After the two aforementioned film adventures, he enfrasca in a sort of documentary titled The Dominican Republic

  • The first appearance of cinema in the country

    The first appearance of cinema in the country
    Teatro Curiel of the northern city of Puerto Plata offers an exhibition of the Cinematograph Lumière.

  • Rafael Colorado

    Rafael Colorado
    He filmed excursion from José de Diego to Santo Domingo, first film shot in Dominican Republic by a foreigner.

  • The first Dominican fiction film

    The first Dominican fiction film
    The work of the photographer and editor Francisco Palau, with Juan B. Alfonseca, the photographer Tuto Báez and the collaboration in the texts of the historian Bernardo Pichardo, stand out in the history of the silent Dominican cinema.

  • The Legend of the Virgin of Altagracia

    The Legend of the Virgin of Altagracia
    Premiered on the night of February 16th, 1923

  • The cupid ambush of F. Palau,

    The cupid ambush of F. Palau,
    It consists of five acts and tells the story of two lovers whose relationship is opposed by the father of the bride, who come to a fun ploy to achieve the consent of the Francisco Antonio Palau,

  • The dictatorial regime

    The dictatorial regime
    Established by Rafael Leonidas Trujillo imposes a total brake on artistic and cultural manifestations