Elián (2017)
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.
Directors: Ross McDonnell, Tim Golden.
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Elián Gonzalez as Himself |
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Raúl Esparza as Narrator (voice) |
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Fidel Castro as himself |
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Juan Miguel González Quintana as himself |
| Directing | Ross McDonnell | Director |
| Directing | Tim Golden | Director |
| Writing | Tim Golden | Writer |
| Production | Courtney Sexton | Supervising Producer |
| Camera | Ross McDonnell | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Michael J. Palmer | Editor |
| Production | Maiken Baird | Executive Producer |
| Production | Amy Entelis | Executive Producer |
| Production | Alex Gibney | Executive Producer |
| Sound | McKenzie Stubbert | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Oisin Kearney | Associate Producer |
| Editing | Hannah Vanderlan | Editor |
| Production | Trevor Birney | Producer |
| Production | Jenny Kubo | Supervising Producer |
| Sound | Aaron O'Neill | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Evelio Manfred Gay Salinas | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Chloe Dalzell | Sound Editor |