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History of Dominican movie

By Maria Angelica Medina Plata

  • First appearance of the cinema in the country

    First appearance of the cinema in the country
    An exhibition of the Cinematograph Lumière is offered in Puerto Plata.

  • Cine Landolfi

    Cine Landolfi
    A new salon is opened in the capital, in the youth Casino and in the open air:

  • Puerto Rican cameraman Rafael Colorado

    Puerto Rican cameraman Rafael Colorado
    Signature first film shot in Dominican Republic by a foreigner.

  • Robert Joseph Flaherty

    Robert Joseph Flaherty
    was an American filmmaker who directed and produced the first documentary of the history of cinema, Nanuk, the Eskimo. He is also known as the inventor of the documentation.

  • First Dominican film

    First Dominican film
    Palau premiered on the night of February 16, 1923, and became the first Dominican film. The movie begins shooting on January 8 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Luis' birthplace, for a month, and will continue in Portland, Oregon, where he currently lives with his wife, four children and their families.

  • Agliberto Meléndez

    Agliberto Meléndez
    founder of the National Cinematheque.

  • Evolution of Dominican cinema

    Evolution of Dominican cinema
    In its evolution, cinema has consolidated a language, has defined artistic trajectories, business models that have favored the emergence of artistic careers of all kinds, built on models and representations that, in many cases, have transcended their own cinematographic scope. Along the way, cinema was marked by all kinds of artistic vanguards, cultural movements, political circumstances and armed conflicts.

  • Best directors of Dominican cinema.

    Best directors of Dominican cinema.
    Ángel Muñíz
    Víctor Ramírez
    Juan Delancer
    Alfonso Rodríguez
    Francisco Disla
    Bladimir Abud
    Albert Xavier
    José María Cabral
    René Fortunato
    Leticia Tonos
    Agliberto Meléndez