Elián (2017)

ALL 04/21/2017 (en) Documentary 108 Min
  • Release
    04/21/2017
  • Production
    Jigsaw Productions, Fine Point Films
  • Rotten tomato
    65%
  • Original title
    Elián
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

A boy caught between two worlds

Overview

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.

  1. Story

  2. Trevor Birney

    Producer



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Elián (2017) 108 Min

ALL 04/21/2017 (en)
Documentary
  • Release 04/21/2017
  • Production
    Jigsaw Productions, Fine Point Films
  • Original title Elián
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

A boy caught between two worlds

Overview

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.

  1. Tim Golden, Ross McDonnell

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Michael J. Palmer, Hannah Vanderlan

    Editor

  4. Trevor Birney

    Producer