Estreno de Los Panfleteros de Santiago en Santo Domingo y Santiago

THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK (CUNY),
THE HOSTOS COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION &
BRONX COMMUNITY COLLEGE TO HOST PREMIERE OF
SANTIAGO’S PAMPHLETEERS

WHAT: The City University of New York, the Eugenio María de Hostos Community College Foundation, and Bronx Community College are proud to announce the Bronx première of Los Panfleteros de Santiago (Santiago’s Pamphleteers), an English-subtitled documentary film about the courage and heroism of 27 young Dominican rebels who used flyers to exercise freedom of speech in an attempt to reclaim the Dominican Republic from dictator Rafael Leonidas Trujillo.  Only one of …

SYNOPSIS
Santiago’s Pamphleteers: Heroes and Martyrs is an original 50-minute English subtitled film documentary about the untold story of a group of thirty-two young Dominican heroes who courageously stood poised to confront the bloody regime of General Rafael Leonidas Trujillo, a ruthless dictator who ruled the Dominican Republic with iron fist from 1930 to 1961. Led by a twenty-year old valiant young man, the group relied on secretly homemade pamphlets to denounce Trujillo’s oppressive regime and to raise awareness among the people of Santiago, the second largest metropolis in the country. …