
Balseros
Directed by Carlos Bosch
Distributed by Seventh Art Releasing
A few days before setting out to sea in homemade rafts bound for Florida in 1994,
seven Cuban rafters ("balseros") were interviewed by television reporters. Most
of the seven were picked up by the U.S. Coast Guard and held at the naval base
in Guantanamo . The camera crew followed each of their ordeals as they
were relocated to an array of cities stretching from Miami to Nebraska , then
visited them again seven years later. This is an adventure story of survivors
shipwrecked between two worlds. Academy Award® nominee . 120
minutes. 35mm.