Interview with Natasha Wheeler

Recently, I interviewed Natasha Wheeler. She was born in the Dominican Republic, but lives in the United States. She was very informative and I appreciate the time she gave me. I also appreciate her letting me interview her. I hope you all enjoy the interview.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSkFpuu5g48

Movies Produced in the Dominican Republic

The first movie to ever be produced in the Dominican Republic that I found was called La Serpiente de la luna de los piratas and that was produced in 1973. The movie business really didn't start picking up until the late 90's, but it seems to be somewhat rolling now.

This doesn't mean they didn't watch movies. They just didn't make any in there country until then. Before that they just watched exported movies.

Here's a list of movies produced in the Dominican Republic

Here's their top 10 highest grossing movies

Here's a trailer for an upcoming movie

Top TV channels

Just like any place the Dominican Republic has TV channels. Some of them being just like US TV channels. So I decided to talk about a few of them:

1. Banivision- a music station broadcasting 24/7
2.Colorvision- (Channel 9) broadcasts news, weather conditions, events, and sports.
3. CTV Macoris- (Canal 10) brings the latest news from the Domenican Republic.
4.El Caribe CDN- broadcasts news, live bulletins, special programs and interviews, live from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

For you sport nuts:
NBA League Pass International

Here are a few websites so you can view these channels:
http://www.tvover.net/TVStation,search,38-0-0-0-0.aspx

http://www.findinternettv.com/Sites/Country/Dominican-Republic.aspx

Baseball

Baseball is the most popular sport in the Dominican Republic. In fact, after the US-born players, the Dominican has the second highest in the MLB right now.

The Dominican Republic also has its own baseball league that has been around for 100 years! It all started with Ozzie Virgil in the late 50s and then the success of Juan Marichal and three Alou brothers. The Major Baseball League of the Dominican Republic runs in the winter. Its starts in October and ends in February. It consists of five teams that play 60 games a season. Once the season has ended, they all play in a round-robin tournament. The winner of the tournament then goes to play in the Caribbean League against the champions of Mexico, Venezuela and Puerto Rico.

For more information on Dominicans that play in the MLB and the Major League Baseball of the Dominican Republic visit this website http://pegasus.cc.ucf.edu/~jtorres/domrep/baseball/