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AMERICAS: PART 4

March 16, 2011

Description: “Mirrors of the Heart” This program explores shifting ethnic and racial definitions in the region, looking at Bolivia, a nation with a rich Indian tradition, and Hispaniola, an island divided between two nations –Haiti and the Dominican Republic– with … Read more

IN THE TIME OF THE BUTTERFLIES

March 16, 2011

Description: Based on the novel by Julia Alvarez and inspired by the true story of the Mirabal sisters, who faced brutal repression at the hands of the regime of Rafael Trujillo as a result of their involvement in an underground … Read more

NUEBA YOL

March 16, 2011

Description: In this comedy, a Dominican widower, Balbuena (Luisito Martí), decides to leave the economic strictures of island life behind for the streets-are-paved-with-gold promise of the Big Apple. Copies: 1 (DVD) Length: 104 minutes

NUEBA YOL 3

March 16, 2011

Description: In this comically-numbered sequel, Balbuena (Luisito Martí) returns to New York, where he must marry an American citizen to remain in the country legally. Copies: 1 (DVD) Length: 117 minutes

TRUJILLO, EL PODER DEL JEFE

March 16, 2011

Description: In this first volume of the three part film series about Rafael Leonidas Trujillo Molina and his thirty year dictatorship in the Dominican Republic, the focus lays in the Trujillo’s rise to power and the early years of his … Read more

TRUJILLO, EL PODER DEL JEFE VOL. II

March 16, 2011

Description: In the second episode of this film series detailing Rafael Leonidas Trujillo Molina and his thirty year dictatorship in the Dominican Republic, the director focuses on the bulk of Trujillo’s reign, and how it impacted the Dominican people. Copies: … Read more

TRUJILLO, EL PODER DEL JEFE VOL. III

March 16, 2011

Description: In the conclusion to this trilogy of documentaries about the thirty year dictatorship of Rafael Leonidas Trujillo Molina in the Dominican Republic, we see the end of an era, as the final years of Trujillo’s rule play out and … Read more