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HISTORY OF DOMINICAN CINEMA
Start in the city of Puerta Plata. it was the industrialist Francesco Greco who crossed the Caribbean for that, showing this attractive invention -
New movie theater
In the capital, in the courtyard of the youth casino this mostaba on weekends -
The National Distributor
The first company of national distribution is created by the cinomatographic company of the cibao, proibia the long filming -
The first film made in the Dominican territory
The first film made in Dominican territory, although the production of this was not Dominican, was "Excursion of José de Diego to Santo Domingo" (1915) by the Puerto Rican filmmaker Rafael Colorado. This story based on the life of José de Diego (1866-1918). -
The Republican theater closes its doors definitively.
Films a short film of the beauty contest of the Teatro Colón and premieres at the same venue, 4 November. Then the Republican theater closes its doors definitively. -
Cameramen
In the film prehistory of Dominican cinema, the works of the photographer and editor Francisco Palau stand out. In 1922, along with the photographer Tuto Báez and Juan B. Alfonseca, they made the first fiction film of the Dominican cinema: "The legend of the Virgin of the Altagracia ", with the collaboration in the texts of the historian Bernardo Pichardo. Palau premiered on the night of February 16, 1923, and became the first Dominican film. -
Great arrival
Arrival of the picture Our Lady of Altagracia, for her coronation -
Start of the comedy
Cupid's ambushes. This film, counted in five acts, narrated the story of a couple of lovers who did not have the consent of the father of the bride, and obliges the groom to make a funny plot so that the father can accept it. was exhibited at
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San Zenón the naughty
he cinema hall of 1911 disappeared by the ciclon san zenon. -
First use of sound
The first use of sound was a film of news about the inauguration of President Rafael Leonidas Trujillo in 1930. This dictatorial regime installed by Trujillo since the year 1930 imposes a total brake on artistic and cultural manifestations, stimulating only what it understands beneficial for its purposes. -
Recognized actress María África Gracia Vidal
A Dominican film actress known as the Queen of Technicolor. Montez gained fame and popularity in the 1940 as an exotic beauty which starred in a series of films filmed in Technicolor. His image on the screen was of the typical seductive wearing dresses in fancy costumes and shiny jewels. The surname Montez took it in homage to the dancer Lola Montez. -
Premiere of the film La Silla
The film raises the problem of the Dominican youth under the regime of Trujillo. It is the story of a young man who is accused of having betrayed his companions while in prison, accused of forming a "plot" to assassinate the dictator. In his self-defense he exposes how easy it is to move from hero status to traitor. -
A ticket movie
In 1986 a group of Dreamers led by Agliberto Meléndez undertook the realization of an emblematic film, a distressing and realistic drama entitled "A Passage of Ida". But it was not until 1988 when the Dominican public could appreciate the film as an unusual case of Creole film presence on the billboards of the country. It is here that Dominican cinema begins its true process as a possible cultural and economic activity in our country. -
New Yol
New Yol: Finally arrived Balbuena is the main character, Balbuena, traveling to new York from the Dominican Republic looking for a better life. The film begins in the Dominican Republic where Balbuena lives and where he had to sacrifice his home to travel to new York. His friend Fellito gave him the suggestion to go to New York describing to New York as a site full of rich people and where, "bills of five fly down the street." When Balbuena came to new self -
Perico Shingle
The film tells the story of three men who have been imprisoned for petty crimes in the 1970s. Product of the prison bureaucracy, they are prisoners seven years. They are given the opportunity to escape and using as unique weapons a güira, a drum and an accordion. Fleeing from prison, they go in search of their relatives. -
The law of cinema is approved
President Leonel Fernandez has just promulgated the law for the promotion of cinematographic activity in the Dominican Republic, according to the Minister of Culture, José Rafael Lantigua.The law aims to "foster a progressive, harmonious and equitable development of national cinematography and, in general, promote cinematographic activity in the Dominican Republic".
