{"id":3815,"date":"2010-04-25T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-04-25T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dominicana-online.org\/?p=3815"},"modified":"2010-04-27T00:14:44","modified_gmt":"2010-04-26T20:14:44","slug":"noti2426","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/noti2426\/","title":{"rendered":"Dominican Filmmaker Ren\u00e9 Fortunato and his Films Receive Recognition in New York"},"content":{"rendered":"



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\n		Dominican Filmmaker Ren\u00e9 Fortunato and his Films Receive Recognition in New York <\/STRONG>
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N<\/SPAN>ew York City\u2019s Municipal Council released a proclamation of public recognition in honor of Dominican filmmaker <\/SPAN>Ren\u00e9 Fortunato for his contribution to Dominican art and culture through his documentary films.<\/SPAN> <\/P>
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Through his work, Dominican residents of the Big Apple have gained access to a large part of the recent history of the Dominican Republic. <\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/P>
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The proclamation confirmed that Mr. <\/SPAN>Fortunato\u2019s documentaries have contributed to the rescue and diffusion of the country\u2019s historical memory which has permitted the Dominican community in New York to benefit from them. Through his work, Dominican residents of the Big Apple have gained access to a large part of the recent history of the Dominican Republic. <\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/P>
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The initiative for the recognition of <\/SPAN>Ren\u00e9 Fortunato came from Council member Ydanis Rodr\u00edguez, who leads a group of six Dominican Council members including the Sala Capitular of the city of New York. Out of a total membership of 51 council members, 27 are of Hispanic and African American origin while the rest are white Anglo Saxon Americans. <\/SPAN><\/P>
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Ren\u00e9 Fortunato received the proclamation of recognition at the Green Room of the Municipal Palace at New York\u2019s City Hall which is located between Chambers St., Park Row and Broadway in lower Manhattan. A select group of prominent people from the New York Dominican community including Frank Cortorreal, Nazario Brea, Eduardo Hopelman, Kenyi Ogando and Agust\u00edn Fortunato Dom\u00ednguez, among others.<\/SPAN> <\/SPAN><\/P>
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In appreciation of the honor, Fortunato said the recognition in itself is a stimulus for him and for Dominican film, the development and diffusion of which he said he feels committed.<\/SPAN><\/P>
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Fortunato\u2019s film bibliography is made up of eight feature length documentaries in which he has rescued and disseminated, with images and sound from the era, more than a half century of Dominican history. His best-known films include:<\/SPAN>  \u201cApril: The Trench of Honor\u201d, \u201cTrujillo: The Power of the Chief.\u201d And, appearing in three parts, are \u201cBalaguer: The Violence of Power\u201d, \u201cThe Legacy of a Tyrant\u201d and his recent film \u201cBosch: President in the Imperial Frontier,\u201d released last year and shown at various theaters.<\/SPAN> <\/SPAN><\/P>
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Council Ydanis Rodr\u00edguez giving the recognition proclamation to Ren\u00e9 Fortunato.<\/P>
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Dominican Filmmaker Ren\u00e9 Fortunato and his Films Receive Recognition in New York New York City\u2019s Municipal Council released a proclamation of public recognition in honor of Dominican filmmaker Ren\u00e9 Fortunato for his contribution to Dominican art and culture through his documentary films. Through his work, Dominican residents of the Big Apple have gained access to … Continue reading “Dominican Filmmaker Ren\u00e9 Fortunato and his Films Receive Recognition in New York”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3815","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-noticias"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3815"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3815"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3815\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3815"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3815"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}