Luis Vargas; Santo Domingo Blues

Dir. Alex Wolfe (2004 75 min, 16mm, 1.85)

A Glass Eye Pix music documentary. Through performances, first-person interviews and telling verite scenes with guitarist and guitarist and singer/songwriter Luis Vargas – and his fellow bachateros, viewers are treated to not only a bittersweet success story on one immigrant artist, but an understanding of this once-maligned music style.


Alex Wolfe (Executive Producer/Producer/Director/Editor) – Alex Wolfe is known for his work on Maria Full of Grace (2004), Welcome to the Dollhouse(1995) and La Ciudad (The City) (1998).

Larry Fessenden – Producer

Lloyd Handwerker – Cinematography

Richard Fleming – Sound Recordist

Michael Jones – Sound Editor/Post-Production Sound