EL NUEVO DIARIO, SANTO DOMINGO.- The production company Dukesa Films reported that last week the filming stage of the documentary about the professional and personal life of Adrián Beltré, Dominican former Major League Baseball player
According to a press release, with the provisional title “Beltre the Captain”, it is the third documentary produced by Víctor Dumé and the sixth film project under Law 108-10, better known as the Cinema Law.
According to the production times, the documentary “Beltre, the Captain” will be released to international markets such as the American Film Market and Ventana Sur, and of course its premiere in local theaters by mid-2022.
The audiovisual piece revolves around the 20-year flawless career of the player from Santo Domingo, who in 2017 hit the Globe Life Park with the hit that crowned him as the first Dominican born in Quisqueya to belong to the renowned 3,000 Hits Club de Major League Baseball.
Among the interviews, there will be statements from several renowned figures of the Major Leagues and members of the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, who have played an important key in Beltre’s professional and personal life.
The production, whose vision falls on the documentary maker and director Abi Alberto, the line production of Leidy Peña and the cinematography of David Pou, will be filming in Santo Domingo, United States, Los Angeles and Texas, these being the scenarios of the beginning with the Dodgers, and the end point of the hand of the Texas Rangers, cradles of many of the best moments that Beltré lived before his retirement in November 2018.
The note also indicates that the production is in final negotiations with another great international sports figure, to be the narrator and common thread of this story, a name that they still cannot reveal, but they assure him is a highly respected and beloved personality in the world. world of sports, and also very close to the Dominicans.
