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2017108 minPGdocumentary

6.5/ 10(4 ratings)• TMDB

Civil Rights Social Justice Migration Geopolitics Family Dynamics

Elián

2017108 minPGdocumentary

6.5/ 10(4 ratings)• TMDB

A gripping tale of a boy caught in a U.S.-Cuba custody battle.

“A boy caught between two worlds”

Civil Rights Social Justice Migration Geopolitics Family Dynamics

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A gripping tale of a boy caught in a U.S.-Cuba custody battle.

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Tim Goldendirector

Ross McDonnell

Ross McDonnelldirector

Tim Goldenwriter

Elián Gonzalezcast

Raúl Esparza

Raúl Esparzacast

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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.

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