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The March of Time: An American Dictator (1936)
Directed by Louis De Rochemont
“The Dictatingest Dictator who ever Dictated!”
Documentary · 6m
On July 10, 1936, the Time Corporation released the seventh episode of the second year of its newsreel series The March of Time, which included a controversial sequence titled “An American Dictator.” This segment, purportedly a journalistic exposé, centered on the rise to power and political career of then Dominican head of state Rafael Leónidas Trujillo Molina. The content of the short piece accused Trujillo of committing many politically motivated crimes, including murder, and caused a brief diplomatic crisis between the United States and the Dominican Republic. - Naida García-Crespo
Cast
Crew
- Director
- Louis De Rochemont
- Producer
- Louis De Rochemont
Details
- Release date
- 1936-07-10
- Runtime
- 6m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- The March of Time