Elián

6.5 / 10

(4 votes)

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.

Country:

United Kingdom,

United States of America

Genre:

Documentary

Duration:

108 minutes

Year:

2017

Director:

Tim Golden

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Company:

Jigsaw Productions,

Fine Point Films

Cast:
Elián Gonzalez

Himself

Raúl Esparza

Narrator (voice)

Fidel Castro

himself

Juan Miguel González Quintana

himself

Crew:
Tim Golden

Director

Ross McDonnell

Director

Tim Golden

Writer

Michael J. Palmer

Editor

Maiken Baird

Executive Producer