Elián (movie)
- User score: 6.5
- Production country: Ireland, United States of America
- Producer: Tim Golden , Ross McDonnell
- Production companies: Jigsaw Productions, Fine Point Films
- Genre: Documentary
- Release date: 4/21/2017
- Run time: 108 min.
Movie description
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.
