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Release Date:
April 21, 2017
Original Title:
Elián
Alternate Titles:
Elian: pojken mellan två världar
Elián: Drengen der ændrede USA
Elián: gutten fra Cuba
The Boy Who Changed America
Genres:
Documentary
Production Companies:
Fine Point Films
Jigsaw Productions
Production Countries:
Ireland | United States of America
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 108
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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Associate Producer:
Oisin Kearney
Director:
Tim Golden
Ross McDonnell
Director of Photography:
Ross McDonnell
Editor:
Michael J. Palmer
Hannah Vanderlan
Executive Producer:
Maiken Baird
Amy Entelis
Alex Gibney
Original Music Composer:
McKenzie Stubbert
Producer:
Trevor Birney
Sound Editor:
Chloe Dalzell
Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
Aaron O'Neill
Sound Recordist:
Evelio Manfred Gay Salinas
Supervising Producer:
Jenny Kubo
Courtney Sexton
Writer:
Tim Golden
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