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For those of you in the Washington-Baltimore area who enjoy or are interested in the DR's bachata tradition, there's a movie that will be showing 16 June in Silver Spring, MD at the American Film Institute's center there. It's called "Santo Domingo Blues," and is cosponsored by AFI & the Discovery Channel. It's promo'd as follows:

SANTO DOMINGO BLUES
Alex Wolfe
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC/USA, 2003, 75 MINUTES
Once banned on radio in the Dominican Republic, bachata
music captures the raw stories of the disenfranchised
Dominican poor. Now, thanks to the immigrant community
in New York City, the market for the sounds of Luis Vargas
and others is thriving.
Wednesday 6/16 at 7:15 p.m., at
AFI Silver Theatre & Cultural Center The AFI theatre's phone for further info is 301-495-6720. You can also see info at the following website: www.silverdocs.com

Directions to the AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center:
(also found on AFI.com/Silver)
By Car: The Silver is less than two miles south of Beltway exit 30 (Colesville Road) and
exit 31 (Georgia Avenue).
By Metro: The Silver is just two blocks north of Silver Spring station on the Red Line.
By Ride-On Bus: The Silver Spring station is served by Ride-On routes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9,
11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22, 28.
By Metrobus: The Silver Spring station is served by Metrobus routes 70, 71, J5, F4, F6,
JH1, J2, J3, J4, Q2, S2, S4, Y8, Z5.