

The first part of the trilogy shows the political, economic, and social conditions that made Trujillo's dictatorship in the Dominican Republic possible. It offers a stirring vision of more than twenty years of Dominican history, from 1916 to 1937, using for such aim contemporary films, pictures, documents, and audio recordings of speeches.
Trujillo: El poder del jefe I was directed by René Fortunato.
Trujillo: El poder del jefe I runs for 1h 15min, and was released in 1991.
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