Elián

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• Genre(s): Documentary
• Language(s): English
• Director(s): Ross McDonnell, Tim Golden
• Cast(s): Raúl Esparza, Fidel Castro, Elián Gonzalez, Juan Miguel González Quintana

• Duration: 1h 48min
• Music: Chloe Dalzell,McKenzie Stubbert,Evelio Manfred Gay Salinas,Aaron ONeill
• Award(s): Junior Jury 2017 (Won)
  Emmy 2018 (Nominated) Awards List
• Similar To: The Plastic Detox, Queen of Chess
• Story:
  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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