Elián
Sheffield Doc/Fest Release Date:
Monday 12th June 2017
Suitable only for adults
1 hour 48 minutes approx.
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Synopsis
Executive-produced by Alex Gibney, the doc shares the remarkable story of Elian Gonzalez, the 5-year-old Cuban boy plucked from the Florida Straits on Thanksgiving Day in 1999. After his mother and others perished at sea, the custody battle between Gonzalez's Cuban father and Miami-based relatives sparked a flash point for simmering post-Cold War US. and Cuban tensions.