The film director, Félix Joaquín Rodríguez, nationally recognized for the silent film Alma provinciala, was born in Chima, Santander in 1897, a date that coincides with the first public cinema screening in the country. With the dream of settling in the United States, when he was very young he left his house, and in the company of his brother embarked on the Magdalena River to the city of Barranquilla, and then to Panama. Some time after their journey, the Rodríguez brothers settled in the city of San Francisco, California, and there the young Félix was able to participate as a movie extra,...
Félix Joaquín Rodríguez
