Elián 7 years old

A boy caught between two worlds

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.

Credits

Elián Cast

Name	Character
Fidel Castro He was 90, 90 years old when he died	as Himself (archive footage)

Elián Crew

Name	Department
Alex Gibney as Executive Producer. He was 63 (now 71) years old	Production
Maiken Baird as Executive Producer.	Production