Trujillo in Media
| Media type | Title | Release date | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| Book | The Terrible Ones | 1966 | Authored by Valerie Moolman, the book describes the attempts of The Terrible Ones (the widows of murdered Trujillo opponents), Cuban fidelistas and Chinese communist forces to locate and recover US$100 million in gold and precious stones accumulated by Trujillo during his dictatorship. |
| Book | Day of the Jackal | 1971 | Authored by Frederick Forsyth, the book of the same title, fictitiously attributes "credit" for this assassination to its assassin, known only as, ""The Jackal". Also, in the book, the suspected assassin had a meeting with Trujillo's chief of police in Ciudad Trujillo on May 30, 1961, trying to sell the police British surplus submachine guns. However, just then, Trujillo had been assassinated outside the city and he had had to flee Dominican Republic. |
| Film | The Day of the Jackal (film) | 1973 | Directed by Fred Zinnemann, the film, like the book of the same title, fictitiously attributes "credit" for this assassination to its assassin, known only as, "The Jackal". |
| Book | Memorias de un Cortesano de la Era de Trujillo | 1988 | Authored by Joaquín Balaguer, the last puppet president of the Dominican Republic appointed by Trujillo, in 1960, and who went on to rule in his own right for most of the period 1966–1996. |
| Book | La era de Trujillo: un estudio casuístico de dictadura hispanoamericana | 1990 | Manuel Vazquez Montalbán, a Catalan writer, wrote about Galíndez en 1990. The book is a fictional recreation of the life and disappearance of the diplomat. |
| Documentary | El Poder del Jefe I | 1994 | Directed by René Fortunato |
| TV Film | Soul of the Game | 1996 | Brief appearance during a baseball game in Santo Domingo. |
| Documentary | El Poder del Jefe II | 1996 | Directed by René Fortunato |
| Documentary | El Poder del Jefe III | 1998 | Directed by René Fortunato |
| Book | The Feast of the Goat | 2000 | A book by Mario Vargas Llosa, set in the Dominican Republic and portraying the assassination of the Dominican dictator, and its aftermath, from two distinct standpoints a generation apart: during and immediately after the assassination itself, in May 1961; and thirty-five years later, in 1996. |
| TV Film | In the Time of the Butterflies | 2001 | Directed by Mariano Barroso and Trujillo played by Edward James Olmos. Based on the novel by Julia Alvarez (1994) about the regime assassination of the dissident Mirabal sisters |
| Film | El Misterio Galíndez - The Galindez File | 2003 | Gerardo Herrero directed El Misterio Galíndez, a movie about Jesús de Galíndez Suárez, activist of the PNV party and Basque diplomat who disappeared in 1956; allegedly because of his opposition to Trujillo's regime. |
| Film | The Feast of the Goat (*) | 2006 | Directed by Luis Llosa and Trujillo played by Tomás Milián |
| Book | The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao | 2007 | Junot Diaz, a native of Santo Domingo wrote Pulitzer Prize–winning book about a Dominican/American family. The book is a fictional account of the family's misfortunes experienced as a result of the atrocities of Trujillo's regime. |
| Film | Code Name: Butterflies | 2009 | Directed by Cecilia Domeyko Film about the life and death of the Mirabal sisters with interviews with people involved, and recreations of key events. |
| Film | Trópico de Sangre | 2010 | Directed by Juan Delancer and Trujillo played by Juan Fernández de Alarcon. The film focuses on Minerva Mirabal and tells the true story of how she and her sisters dared to stand up against dictator Rafael Trujillo, and were assassinated in 1960 as a result. The film further details how this crime led to the assassination of Trujillo. |
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