Founded in 1992 at The City College of New York, the Dominican Studies Institute of the City University of New York is the first and only university-based research institute in the United States devoted to the study of people of Dominican descent.
Film, Video, Audio Collection
El círculo vicioso
El círculo vicioso. Produced by San Loco Productions. New York City, 1999. Spanish. Color; 1 hour. DVD.
This high quality action-packed low budget film tells the story of a drug-dealing gang of six in Washington Heights led by Mellizo, whose good hearted leader will do everything it takes to gain material success. This is a tale of police corruption and personal betrayal that is part fictional, part realistic that has as a backdrop a crime ridden city plagued with poverty, drugs and violence.
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