Balseros
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Carles Bosch
Nancy Abraham
Geof Bartz
Ernest Blasi
Carles Bosch
Jose Maria Domenech
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
From the inception of their illicit journey through their attempts at assimilation in the U.S., a study of six balseros, or rafters, who were part of the 40,000 poor Cubans refugees, who set sail for Florida on makeshift boats in 1994-'95 while Cuba and the United States were struggling through heated negotiations. The refugees fled their native country before Fidel Castro and President Clinton reached an agreement on keeping them ashore at home.
Crew
Nancy Abraham
Geof Bartz
Ernest Blasi
Carles Bosch
Jose Maria Domenech
Llorenc Gomez
Llorenc Gomez
Sheila Nevins
Loris Omedes
Pep Presas
Tom Roca
Danielle Schleif
Maria Jose Solera
David Trueba
Jose Vaz-romero
Film Details
Technical Specs
Award Nominations
Best Documentary Feature
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Winner of the 2004 Peabody Award from the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Georgia.
Released in United States January 2003
Released in United States July 2002
Released in United States October 3, 2003
Released in United States on Video July 26, 2005
Released in United States Summer July 23, 2003
Shown at Karlovy Vary Film Festival July 10-17, 2002.
Shown at Sundance Film Festival (World Documentary) January 16-26, 2003.
Scheduled to air in USA on Cinemax Network March 16, 2004.
Most footage was originally shot for the Catalan public television series "Trenta Minuts."
Released in United States January 2003 (Shown at Sundance Film Festival (World Documentary) January 16-26, 2003.)
Released in United States July 2002 (Shown at Karlovy Vary Film Festival July 10-17, 2002.)
Released in United States Summer July 23, 2003 (NY)
Released in United States on Video July 26, 2005
Released in United States October 3, 2003 (Los Angeles)
