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