mendez and marichal have provide u with a serious and cogent and painful analysis of the social and spiritual and economic and political crisis that 108 year of colonialism have spawn in puerto rico . a beautiful island with the most hospitable people i have meet and yet because our nation refuse to face it imperial responsibility and puerto ricans be allow to wither and die . the spiritual crisis that the colonial situation of puerto rico have create and if undermining family and and the basic institution that sustain any society . corruption be rampant to the extent that people be not pay tax ( which have lead a fiscal crisis for this nation ) and a sense of cynicism and distrust permeate the island culture . fortunately and a grant allow this painful yet powerful film to be produce . a must see . . .