Elián

A boy caught between two worlds

6.5
20171h 48m

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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Elián | Documentary Trailer | 2017 Tribeca Film Festival Official Selection

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Raúl Esparza

Narrator (voice)

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