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.
Cast
Crew
Tim Golden
Director, Writer
Ross McDonnell
Director, Director of Photography
Michael J. Palmer
Editor
Hannah Vanderlan
Editor
Maiken Baird
Executive Producer
Amy Entelis
Executive Producer
Alex Gibney
Executive Producer
Trevor Birney
Producer
Oisin Kearney
Associate Producer
Chloe Dalzell
Sound Editor
Aaron O'Neill
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Evelio Manfred Gay Salinas
Sound Recordist
McKenzie Stubbert
Original Music Composer
Jenny Kubo
Supervising Producer
Courtney Sexton
Supervising Producer
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