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Sons of Cuba

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Original title: Sons of Cuba
Year: 2009
Running time: 88 min.
Country: United Kingdom
Director: Andrew Lang
Cast: Documentary, Self: Yosvani Bonachea, Cristian Martinez, Santos Urguelles
Music: Jack Ketch, Mark Russell
Cinematography: Andrew Lang, Domingo Triana
Producer: Trinamite Productions, Windfall Films. Distributor: Cinetic Rights Management, Roco Films
Genre: Documentary | Sports. Boxing
Synopsis: The Havana Boxing Academy is a Cuban boarding school that takes 9-year-old boys, and turns them into the best boxers in the world. SONS OF CUBA follows the stories of three young hopefuls through 8 dramatic months of training and schooling as they prepare for the biggest event of their lives so far: Cuba's National Boxing Championship for Under-12's. But during the season, crisis strikes: Fidel Castro is taken ill, and all of Cuba's Olympic boxing champions defect to the USA, leaving Cuba at a crossroads, and the boys contemplating a changing world

Awards: 2009: British Independent Film Awards (BIFA): Nominated for Best Documentary

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Sons of Cuba

2009

Andrew Lang