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1p: MANGU AQUí 2 / MANGU IS HERE 2
Dir. Luke Bond / USA / Comedy / World Premier / Spanish-English with subtitles
Cast: Christopher Amarante, Kevin Bencosme, Jared Mario, Haydee Rosario, Stephanie Bethancourt, Jonathan Abreu Sosa.
We follow Roberto during his teen years in New York City where faces different obstacles.
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3:30p: 1.5 MILLION
Dir. Gregory Hernandez / USA / English
Documentary highlighting the literacy crisis within the poorest congressional district of the nation that resides in the South Bronx.
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5:30p: AQUÍ ESTAMOS / HERE WE ARE
Dir.Violeta Lockhart / Dominican Republic / Documentary /70 mins / International Premiere / Spanish with English subtitles
A group of young activists challenge the status quo through a citizen candidacy and win a deputation with less than 10% of what their opponents invest. Now, from inside and outside Congress, they will try to replicate the strategy to involve more people in the defense of democracy, human rights and the environment, and thus occupy the spaces of power where they face a conservative majority.
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7:40p: DANNY 45
Dir. Gilbert De La Rosa / Dominican Republic / Fiction / Northeast Premiere /Spanish with English subtitles
Cast: Ramón Emilio Candelario, Jalsen Santana, Jose Cruz, Carlos Garcia, Antonio Melenciano, Vladimir Acevedo, Raymond Moreno, William Simon, Miguel Angel Lendor, Miguel Angel Martinez, Teo Terrero.
Based on true events, the story presents a narrative about the events of a period of terror in the most dangerous prison in the Dominican Republic carried out by "DANNY 45" and the events that led him to become the most feared inmate of “La Victoria Prison” in the mid 90's, imposing terror in this penitentiary.
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11/10
1:00p: Dominican In the Diaspora Show Case 1
Dir. Various / USA-Dominican Republic / Mix Genre / World Premiere / Spanish-English with subtitles
Film makers from the Dominican Diaspora take us on a journey through the Dominican experience abroad. This showcase tells stories of the Dominican experience abroad.
1-Vasti: Easy Prey
2-In Four Year
3-A Night in the Heights
4-Dark Road
5-First Thing I'm Buying
6-The Real American Dream
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3:30p: YAQUE THE (THE YAQUE RIVER)
Dir. Oliver Olivo / Dominican Republic / Documental / World Premiere / Spanish with English Subtitles
Cast: Juan Canela
The film tells the story of the people who live along the Yaque del Norte, the longest and most important river in the Dominican Republic, and how that flow of water plays a fundamental role in their lives.
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6p: CUANDO TE TOCA / WHEN IT'S YOUR TURN
Dir. by René Bueno / Dominican Republic, Mexico / Romantic Comedy / International Premiere / Spanish with English Subtitles
Cast: Osvaldo de León y Daniela Luján, Evelyna Rodríguez y Danilo Reynoso
A comedy about the decision of getting married in times where love and commitment seem old-fashioned.
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8:30p: INSULAR
Dir. by Hector Valdez / Dominican Republic / Drama, Suspense / International Premiere / Spanish with English Subtitles
Cast: Alexis Díaz de Villegas, James Saintil, Paloma Palacios
Insular follows the sole survivor of an illegal yola (boat) going from the Dominican Republic to Puerto Rico. As time passes, the castaway learns to cope with his isolation by surviving with what the island provides. But his sanity is tested, and the lines of reality increasingly blur. An unexpected turn makes him question his initial reason for leaving.
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11/11
6:30p: Convivencia (Coexistence)
Dir. José Gómez De Vargas / Drama, Thriller / Spanish / Wr. Pr. Tony Gómez Guzmán / Cin. Oliver Mota, SDC
Cast: Francis Cruz, Pachy Méndez, Gerardo Mercedes, Niurka Mota, Karina Valdez, Ángela Bernal, Mario Núñez, Ruth Emeterio y Roger Wasserman
After the assassination of a resident of an old condo, an extensive investigation holds a group of seven tenants in an interrogation room, all of them suspects of committing the crime.
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8:30p: La Hembrita
Dir. Laura Amelia Guzmán / Drama / Dominican Republic / Spanish with English subtitles
Cast: Cecilia García, Aleksa Vásquez & Xiomara Fortuna
From her empty nest in Santo Domingo, Dominique is waiting for her first grandchild to be born abroad, and she eagerly expects a baby girl. When Carmen, her live-in maid, vanishes without a warning and leaves behind her 7-year-old granddaughter, Dominique takes the girl in. As she deals with pushback from her family, Dominique finds herself challenging her own priorities.
Theatre
Leonard Nimoy Thalia
