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Agliberto Melendez
Writing
Known For

6.4
A fictional retelling of the Regina Express tragedy, in which 22 Dominican stowaways died from suffocation in an attempt of illegal travel in September 1981.
One Way Ticket
1988

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Dominican filmmakers explore the most important theme in dominican film history: Migration.
Migration and Dominican cinema
2017

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An account of key events in the life of the late Dominican political leader José Francisco Peña Gómez.
Del Color de la Noche
2015

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The works of Dominican painter Gilberto Hernández Ortega.
El mundo mágico de Gilberto Hernández Ortega
1981

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First work by the Dominican director Agliberto Meléndez (“Un Pasaje de Ida”). Based on a short story by Horacio Quiroga, it tells the story of a son who goes on a hunting trip and a father worried about his failure to return.
The Son
1979