Elián (2017)
1h 48m
Running Time
April 21, 2017Release Date
Elián (2017)
1h 48m
Running Time
April 21, 2017Release Date
Network & Production Companies



Plot.
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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Cast & Crew.

Elián Gonzalez
Himself

Raúl Esparza
Narrator (voice)

Fidel Castro
himself

Juan Miguel González Quintana
himself

Ross McDonnell
Director / Director of Photography

Tim Golden
Director / Writer

Courtney Sexton
Supervising Producer

Michael J. Palmer
Editor

Maiken Baird
Executive Producer

Amy Entelis
Executive Producer

Alex Gibney
Executive Producer

McKenzie Stubbert
Original Music Composer

Oisin Kearney
Associate Producer

Hannah Vanderlan
Editor

Trevor Birney
Producer

Jenny Kubo
Supervising Producer

Aaron O'Neill
Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Evelio Manfred Gay Salinas
Sound Recordist

Chloe Dalzell
Sound Editor
Media.

Details.
Wiki.
Elián is a 2017 documentary film directed by Ross McDonnell and Tim Golden, produced by Irish documentary filmmaker Trevor Birney, and executive produced by Alex Gibney. The film details the story of young Cuban Elián González and features exclusive interviews with Elián and his family in Cuba and Miami, particularly Elián's father, Juan Miguel, and his cousin Marisleysis, who had cared for Elián while he was in Miami. The film was co-produced by Fine Point Films and Jigsaw Productions and features a voiceover by Raul Esparza.
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