Portal:Uruguay/Selected article/Month 01, 2012

Cinema of Uruguay

The Cinema of Uruguay has a role in the Culture of Uruguay. The industry has many actors and directors that made the Uruguayan cinema a part of Latin American cinema.

Louis Lumière's invention was introduced to Uruguayan audiences for the first time on July 18, 1898, at the Salón Rouge, a popular local cabaret. Local businessman Félix Oliver purchased Uruguay's first film, camera and projector from the Lumiére brothers themselves; with them he made Bicycle Race in the Arroyo Seco Velodrome, only the second film produced in Latin America. ...