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History of Dominican Movie

By Adelyn Fernandez

  • Appearance of cinema in the Dominican Republic

    Appearance of cinema in the Dominican Republic
    The cinema in the Dominican Republic appeared in the northern city of Puerto Plata, where the Curiel theater in this city witnessed the Lumiere cinematographers. The person in charge of the first exhibitions of these works in the whole area, was the industrialist Francesco Grecco who, for that, crossed the Caribbean showing this attractive invention.

  • First Movie Made in the Dominican Republic

    First Movie Made in the Dominican Republic
    This first film was produced by the puerto rico cameraman Rafael Colorado who did an Excursion of José de Diego in Santo Domingo

  • As the film Prehistory of Dominican Cinema was Highlighted

    As the film Prehistory of Dominican Cinema was Highlighted
    The works of the photographer and editor Francisco Palau stand out. In 1922, along with the photographer Tuto Báez and Juan B. Alfonseca, he made the first fiction film of Dominican cinema: The Legend of the Virgin of Altagracia, with the collaboration of the texts by the historian Bernardo Pichardo.