History of the Cinema

  • Film appearance

    Film appearance
    The cinema appears in the Dominican Republic in the northern city of Puerto Plata
  • Date the first film is produced in Dominican territory

    Date the first film is produced in Dominican territory
    Although the production was not made up of Dominicans, it was shot in the country,
  • The Legend of the Virgin of Altagracia

    The Legend of the Virgin of Altagracia
    This was the first purely Dominican film.
  • Palau the premiere

    Palau the premiere
    On the night of February 16th, 1923, and became the first Dominican film.
  • Cupid's Ambushes" (1924).

    Cupid's Ambushes" (1924).
    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
  • The first use of sound was a film of news about the inauguration of President Rafael Leonidas Trujillo

    The first use of sound was a film of news about the inauguration of President Rafael Leonidas Trujillo
    Ste dictatorial regime installed by Trujillo since the year 1930 imposes a total brake on artistic and cultural manifestations
  • Rafael Augusto Sánchez Sanlley

    Rafael Augusto Sánchez Sanlley
    Rodujo with the company "Cine Dominicano", thirteen documentaries for the regime.
  • silla

    silla
    where he denounces the horrors of the Trujillo regime
  • Max Pou and Eduardo Palmer

    Max Pou and Eduardo Palmer
    They do two documentary works: "The effort of a people y"Nuestra history ".
  • One Way Ticket "(1988)

    One Way Ticket "(1988)
    is a 1988 Dominican drama film directed by Agliberto Meléndez.
  • Nueba Yol" (1995),

    Nueba Yol" (1995),
    Dominican comedy film directed by Ángel Muñiz
  • To live or die "1996

    It is a Mexican telenovela emitted in the year of 1989, produced by the actress Ana Martín.
  • "Four men and a Coffin" (1997)

    "Four men and a Coffin" (1997)
    Cuatro amigos deciden despedirse de su compañero de bebida tardío, llevándolo en su ataúd en un último paseo a través de las casas de sus conocidos
  • "Perico Shingle" (2003),

    "Perico Shingle" (2003),
    It is a Dominican film released in September 2003 and directed by Ángel Muñiz
    The screenplay was a joint work between director Ángel Muñiz and Reynaldo Disla. Muñiz gave Disla 13 pages with the idea of the script to extend it to 100. Eight versions of the script were made before the two authors were satisfied with the result. 3
  • "The Prison of Victory" (2004) "

    "The Prison of Victory" (2004) "
    A man enters the most dangerous prison in Santo Domingo in search of revenge against the man who killed his son.
  • ) “Madmen also think" (2005

    ) “Madmen also think" (2005
    It is a Dominican film that premiered on January 26, 2005
    One day his cousin Balbuena manages to show him a screenplay with the possibility of being taken to the cinema