According to The Daily News a feature film of War Against All Puerto Ricans was being planned from this screenplay and several actors, including Luís Guzmán, were interested in the project.

Denis also gave radio interviews around the US to discuss conditions on the island: including the Brian Lehrer Show in New York,[41] WBEZ Worldview in Chicago,[42] WNPR Connecticut,[43] WBAI/The Jordan Journal,[44] and WGBH/The Takeaway.

[52][55] Denis also pledged that, if he won, he would help the Latin Kings to create a community non-profit corporation, a leadership training course, and a construction apprenticeship program to rehabilitate roughly 800 abandoned buildings in East Harlem.

[56] Prior to serving in the New York State Assembly, Denis directed TV commercials and several short films, and wrote eight screenplays.

Many East Harlem residents, musicians, and even local politicians appeared in the film, which "blurred the line between reality and fiction to capture the spectacle of New York City politics.

[69] According to The Huffington Post, "The film traces the adventures of Rogelio Yola, a dreamer from the Dominican Republic who comes to America in search of a job, gets falsely accused of terrorism, and is chased by ICE agents for nearly half the movie.

Aside from one of the most outrageous chase sequences in recent cinema history, the film offers an intelligent, ironic and politically astute vision of US immigration policy.

"[70] NBC News noted that "Make America Great Again was shot in the diverse neighborhood of Washington Heights in New York City.

Denis intentionally incorporated local landmarks like the United Palace Theater, the Iwo Jima Memorial, the Morris-Jumel Mansion, the Audubon Ballroom (where Malcolm X was shot), and the George Washington Bridge into the film, to make his characters' surroundings part of their story.

"[71] Long Island Weekly reported that, "With the daily political narrative being defined within a truth-is-stranger-than-fiction framework, filmmaker Nelson Denis has taken a satirical crack at addressing these strange times we currently live in.

The book is based on recently declassified FBI files, congressional testimony, oral histories, personal interviews and eyewitness accounts.

[82][83] The book also documents how the U.S. Army arrested 3,000 Puerto Ricans, deployed thousands of troops and bombarded two towns in order to stop the uprising - the only time in history that the U.S. government intentionally bombed its own citizens.

[82][83] The US Government also dropped incendiary bombs from bi-planes during the Tulsa massacre of African Americans in 1921, as recorded by Buck Colbert Franklin, a noted Oklahoma attorney in Smithsonian Magazine, December 12, 2018.

On My 13, 1985, Philadelphia Police commissioner, Gregore J. Sambor, ordered a helicopter to drop two one-pound bombs on the roof of MOVE activists.

"[8] The New York Daily News wrote: "The book gives a meticulous and riveting account of the decades-long clash between the Puerto Rican independence movement...prepare to be outraged...a timely, eye-opening must-read.

"[9] Latino Rebels wrote "War Against All Puerto Ricans earns 'instant classic' status…anyone who wants to understand U.S. imperial history from the time of Manifest Destiny needs to read this book.

He gives us history on fire…a thoroughly researched indictment of over a century of U.S. policy toward one small island…a full-throated eulogy of brave heroes, men and women of conviction, who devoted every drop of their blood to a people and a principle.

[90] Denis also appeared in radio broadcasts around the US, including the Brian Lehrer Show in New York,[41] WBEZ Worldview in Chicago,[42] WNPR Connecticut,[43] WBAI/The Jordan Journal,[44] and WGBH/The Takeaway.

[45] Extensive author interviews were also conducted in Truthout,[91] Mother Jones,[85] and the largest newspaper in Puerto Rico, El Nuevo Dia.

According to The Daily News a feature film of War Against All Puerto Ricans was being planned from this screenplay and several actors, including Luís Guzmán, were strongly interested in the project.