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Elián (2017)
Directed by Ross McDonnell, Tim Golden
“A boy caught between two worlds”
Documentary · 1h 48m
The story of Elián Gonzalez, a five-year-old Cuban boy plucked from the Florida Straits, and how the fight for his future changed the course of U.S.-Cuba relations. Featuring personal testimony, interviews, and a news archive, this documentary recounts Elián’s remarkable rescue on Thanksgiving Day in 1999, after his mother and 10 others fleeing Cuba perished at sea, and the custody battle between the boy’s Cuban father and his Miami-based relatives.
Cast
Raúl Esparza
Fidel Castro
Crew
- Director
- Ross McDonnell, Tim Golden
- Writer
- Tim Golden
- Director of Photography
- Ross McDonnell
- Original Music Composer
- McKenzie Stubbert
- Editor
- Michael J. Palmer, Hannah Vanderlan
- Producer
- Trevor Birney
Details
- Release date
- 2017-04-21
- Runtime
- 1h 48m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English, Spanish
- Countries
- United Kingdom, United States of America
- Production
- Jigsaw Productions, Fine Point Films