![]() “All of us, when were kids, used to go there in school trips, to study science, to learn more about space, so it was a huge inspiration for science topic all around the island for all of the kids,” he said. For Hernández, the making of the film was personal and part of his heritage. 1, 2020, when two cables that supported the telescope’s 900-ton receiver snapped, causing it to collapse onto the reflector dish. It’s a dream that will keep going on even though we don’t have the instrument right now,” he said.Ī dream that came crashing down Dec. “Because we had very little resources, we had to come up with very creative ideas to tell the story, but people were so motivated. Hernández said there was little funding for production, but “The Biggest Dream” was made possible with almost 300 volunteers - the majority native of Puerto Rico. “For me, it’s a very humble experience that we are here in Florida because in Florida there are many people that are Puerto Ricans, from the island that got that experience when they were a kid,” Hernández recalled. It’s part of the UCF Celebrates the Arts festival. The film has its Florida premiere on Friday, April 14, at the Dr. ![]() The 90-minute film, titled “The Biggest Dream,” tells the story of the rise and fall of Puerto Rico’s iconic Arecibo observatory - considered an engineering wonder. “It was very sad to see that dream collapse but that’s why I was very strategic with the movie,” Andrew Hernández said. – The legacy of what was once the largest radio telescope in the world continues in a new film by Puerto Rican filmmaker Andrew Hernández.
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