90 Miles (2001)

Directed by

Juan Carlos Zaldívar

Genre

documentary film, LGBTQ-related film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 19m

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The filmmaker tells his own story of leaving Cuba on a boat to Miami. He explores the events that led to his departure and the impact it had on his family.

personalreflectiveemotionalcontemplativebittersweetintimatepoignanthonest

What happens

90 Miles is a 2001 documentary film written and directed by Juan Carlos Zaldívar. The film is a recounting of the events that lead Zaldívar to become a Marielito and leave Cuba for a better life in Miami. It premiered in 2003 on PBS as part of its P.O.V. series. It won the award for Best Documentary at the New York International Latino Film Festival and it won two awards at the Havana Film Festival also known in Spanish as Festival Internacional del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano de La Habana in Havana, Cuba in 2001: the Black Coral, First Prize, for Best Documentary and the Memoria Documentary Award (which was a joint win with Cuando lo pequeño se hace grande (2000 film)|Cuando lo pequeño se hace grande). 90 Miles was also awarded the Media History Award by the Wolfson family Media History Center in Miami, Florida (aka The Lynn and Louis Wolfson II Florida Moving Image Archives ) that year. 90 Miles recounts the strange twist of fate that took Juan Carlos Zaldívar across one of the world's most treacherous stretches of water. It is a journey of a family in search for healing and understanding. IndieWire called 90 miles "Probing and thoughtful." Zaldívar uncovers the emotional distance opened in thousands of families by the 90 miles between the U.S. and Cuba. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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