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In 2015, the Governor of Puerto Rico declared that the island’s $73 billion debt owed to foreign investors was unpayable. Since that time, the United States government has intervened, sidestepping the duly elected officials of Puerto Rico, and creating a junta of financiers charged with running the political and economic life of the island. Jose M. Umpierre and Kendal Marsh have collaborated on a monumental documentary analyzing the crisis and possible solutions. In Part One of a teaser for the documentary, Bancarrota, the filmmakers explain how Puerto Rico got to be in the state it is in.