Elián
“A boy caught between two worlds”
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
25 people
Elián Gonzalez
Himself
Also in
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Raúl Esparza
Narrator (voice)
Known for
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Hannibal
Michael J. Palmer
Maiken Baird
Known for
Ghislaine Maxwell: Filthy Rich
Tim Golden
Fidel Castro
himself
Also in
Castro's Revolution vs. The World
Cuba: Battle of the 10,000,000
Trevor Birney
Ross McDonnell
Courtney Sexton
Juan Miguel González Quintana
himself
Brendan J. Byrne
Mary Callery
Tim Golden Director · Ross McDonnell Director McKenzie Stubbert Composer
United States release June 2, 2017 · Produced in United Kingdom, United States · Languages English, Spanish
Production
Jigsaw Productions
Production
Fine Point Films
Production
United Kingdom · United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · Spanish
Release dates
United States · April 21, 2017
Premiere · Tribeca Film Festival
United States · June 2, 2017
Digital
Australia
June 12, 2017 · Premiere · Sydney Film Festival
Canada
April 28, 2017 · Premiere · Hot Docs International Documentary Festival
Netherlands
September 5, 2017 · TV · NPO 2
Sweden
January 30, 2018 · TV
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