Elián

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.

Genre:

Documentary

Duration:

108 min

Actor:

Elián Gonzalez , Raúl Esparza , Fidel Castro

Quality:

HD

Director:

Ross McDonnell, Tim Golden

Release:

2017

Country:

United Kingdom , United States of America

IMDb:

6.5