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Elián

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Elián

A boy caught between two worlds

6.5

1h 48m

2017

“A boy caught between two worlds”

Synopsis

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.

Director

Tim Golden

Ross McDonnell

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Cast & Crew

Elián Gonzalez

as Himself

Raúl Esparza

Raúl Esparza

as Narrator (voice)

Fidel Castro

Fidel Castro

as himself

Juan Miguel González Quintana

as himself

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