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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