Project Detail

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

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Production Status

Production Company

Windfall Films

Sons of Cuba Ltd

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

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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