Juan Manuel Tejeda

In the Dominican Republic, Genaro works in a small family store and lives with his mother in a poor neighborhood. He is learning a few words in English and dreams of being a Sanky Panky to marry an American tourist to move to the USA with a VISA and have a better life. He calls his friend Giuseppe, who is a hotel manager in Bávaro, and applies for a job entertaining children but hoping to find a wealthy tourist. Genaro meets the beautiful Martha, who has come with her aunts Dorothy and Helen, to forget her fiancée after calling off her wedding. Genaro calls his best friends, Chelo and Carlitos, to go out with the aunts and experience it alone with Martha. Martha only speaks English and Genaro only knows a few words of English, but everything goes as planned until Martha's boyfriend arrives at the resort and complicates everything.

Based on José Miguel Soto Jiménez’s book Muchachos de la Democracia, this documentary revisits one of the Dominican Republic’s most pivotal chapters in its democratic history. Through firsthand testimonies, archival footage, and historical research, the film chronicles the actions of a group of military officers whose decisions helped safeguard constitutional order during periods of political uncertainty, offering a compelling reflection on the enduring value of democracy, institutional integrity, and national memory.

In the Dominican Republic, Genaro works in a small family store and lives with his mother in a poor neighborhood. He is learning a few words in English and dreams of being a Sanky Panky to marry an American tourist to move to the USA with a VISA and have a better life. He calls his friend Giuseppe, who is a hotel manager in Bávaro, and applies for a job entertaining children but hoping to find a wealthy tourist. Genaro meets the beautiful Martha, who has come with her aunts Dorothy and Helen, to forget her fiancée after calling off her wedding. Genaro calls his best friends, Chelo and Carlitos, to go out with the aunts and experience it alone with Martha. Martha only speaks English and Genaro only knows a few words of English, but everything goes as planned until Martha's boyfriend arrives at the resort and complicates everything.

Based on José Miguel Soto Jiménez’s book Muchachos de la Democracia, this documentary revisits one of the Dominican Republic’s most pivotal chapters in its democratic history. Through firsthand testimonies, archival footage, and historical research, the film chronicles the actions of a group of military officers whose decisions helped safeguard constitutional order during periods of political uncertainty, offering a compelling reflection on the enduring value of democracy, institutional integrity, and national memory.