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Sons of Cuba

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.
 

Details

Year
2009
Type of project
Features
Running time
88 mins
Format
HDV
Director
Andrew Lang 1st Feature
Producer
David Dugan, Stephen Segaller, Sally Ann Fifer
Co-Producer
David Dugan, Stephen Segaller, Sally Ann Fifer
Editor
Simon Rose
Director of Photography
Andrew Lang, Domingo Triana
Sound
Karl Mainzer
Composer
Jack Ketch, Mark Russell

Genre

Sport Black

Categories

Documentary

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Windfall Films

Sons of Cuba Ltd

andrew@sonsofcuba.com

Sales Company

International Sales:

Annie Roney
ro*co films international, llc
80 Liberty Ship Way, Suite 5
Sausalito, CA 94965
USA

T +1 (415) 332 6471 x200

annie@rocofilms.com

US Sales:

Christopher Horton
Cinetic Rights Management
555 W. 25th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10001
USA

T +1 (212) 204 7979

chrish@crm.cineticmedia.com

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