“Nueba Yol” by Dominican director Angel Muñiz starring Luisito Marti as a Dominican immigrant in New York, has received a good review from David Gonzalez, who praised the film and, at the same time, spoke about its impact on the city. According to Mr. Gonzalez, New York, especially the Dominican-dominated section of Manhattan known as Washington Heights, is full of posters of Mr. Marti’s main character “Balbuena”, a Dominican looking for a better life in the city. He also points out that the success of the film is a tribute to its quality as, he says, it is difficult to have box-office success with a film in Spanish, despite the presence of thousands of Latin Americans in New York.
1-7 March 1996