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I Believe in America is an independent film produced for less than $700,000 that the Puerto Rican Film Commission wouldn’t allow to be filmed on la isla del encanto. Who’s afraid of an indie film? Apparently many people especially when that film deals with the independence of Puerto Rico and those that struggle for it like the Macheteros. Writer/Director Michael J. Narvaez adapted his Off-Broadway play, A Doctor’s Call into the film, based on his own family history, which follows three generations of a Puerto Rican family who, unknown to one another, are all involved in the pro-independence Macheteros. Narvaez blames the current political climate for the roadblocks he’s encountered in producing the film that is still without a distributor.

“What you find when you do the research is that as far as families, Puerto Rican families, you‘re afraid to say you‘re for independence,” he said. “You were afraid before 9/11. After 9/11, now you‘re really spooked.”

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