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Vibrant musical inspired by the life of the famous Dominican singer who as a young girl has to leave her country to escape the 1965 civil war and ends up in Washington Heights where the wave of Latino immigration was just beginning.

Vibrant musical inspired by the unique life of Dominican singer Milly Quezada worldwide known as the Queen of Merengue who as precocious young girl is forced to leave her country to escape a city torn by the 1965 civil war, once in New York she'll struggle to find her place in the colorful streets of Washington Heights where the wave of Latino immigration was just beginning, her musical journey will place her amongst the few female figures of the Latin Boom in the seventies alongside Celia Cruz and La Lupe.—Leticia Tonos

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Keywords
  • young
  • escape
  • girl
  • singer
  • reference to the 1965 u.s. invasion of dominican republic
Genres
  • Biography
  • Musical
Release date Mar 10, 1989
Countries of origin Dominican Republic
Official sites Instagram
Language Spanish
Filming locations Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Production companies Producciones Linea Espiral

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