Balseros

Documentary

Guillermo Armas	Himself
Rafael Cano	Himself
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Maria Celeste Arraras	Herself
Fidel Castro	Himself
Bill Clinton	Himself
Miriam Hernández	Herself

Director	Carlos Bosch; Josep Maria Domènech
Producer	Loris Omedes; Tom Roca
Writer	Carlos Bosch; David Trueba

The story of Cuban refugees who risked their lives in homemade rafts to reach the United States, and what life is like for those who succeed.

This Oscar-nominated documentary from Carles Bosch and Josep Maria Domenech follows the 1994 exodus of refugees from Cuba to Miami. The perilous journey of the balseros (Cuban rafters) is captured through remarkable footage, including dramatic shots of the would-be refugees tearing down their houses to construct dangerously flimsy rafts. The filmmakers also catch up, seven years later, with a handful of refugees who were allowed into the U.S.