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Congo pa ti
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Dreams Ensnared Media JV7395 .D74 1994
Discusses the mass immigration to the United States from the Dominican Republic
due to the poor economic conditions there. Includes interviews with people,
primarily women, who have emigrated and gives details on the hardships the
travelers endure.
El Poder del Jefe: Trujillo
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These award-winning trilogy of documentaries by consummate film-maker Rene
Fortunato introduce us to the time and circumstances of the "Trujillo Era". Comprised
entirely of films and images from the time, these documentaries are intended to give
viewers an objective image of the Dominican's recent past.
Fiestas de Palos
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Hispanics: the changing role of women Media E184.S75 H5742 2002
In this program, several prominent Latina women, including author Isabel Allende
and actress Jennifer Lopez, discuss their changing role within the context of
Hispanic family values, male machismo, and the traditional role of females as the
center of family and community life. Also examines the issue from the male
perspective.
In the Time of the Butterflies PN1997 .I487 2002
An idealistic young woman falls for a rebel leader and takes on a murderous
dictator. This is based on the story of the Mirabal sisters, whose deaths became the
final blow to the regime of Leonidas Trujillo, who was assassinated six months later.
La Historia Oficial/The Official Story Media PN1997 .H5842 1998
The wife of an Argentinian businessman faces the ultimate challenge when she
begins to suspect that her own daughter, adopted at birth, may have been stolen
from a family of "los desaparecidos".
My American Girls Media F128.9.D6 M9 2001
Dominicans are New York's largest and fastest growing immigrant group, yet there
are few films about the Dominican-American experience. This documentary
chronicles the lives of a family from the Dominican Republic, the Ortizes.
The New Americans JK1759 .N49 2009
Follows four years of the lives of a group of contemporary immigrants as they journey to
start new lives in America, including a couple from India, a Mexican meatpacker, two
families of Nigerian refugees, two baseball players from the Dominican Republic, and a
newly-wed Palestinian woman.