| 90 Miles |
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| Directed By:
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Juan Carlos Zaldivar
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| Produced In:
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USA, 2001
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| Running Time:
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79 minutes
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| Genre:
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Documentary
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| Language:
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English and Spanish with English subtitles
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| Themes:
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Cuba, Cultural Identity: Latino, Immigration
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| Distributor:
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Frameline
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Synopsis:
In 1980, filmmaker Juan Carlos Zaldivar was a thirteen-year-old Communist
demonstrating against thousands of people who were deserting Cuba in the
Mariel boatlift. Ironically, that same year, Juan Carlos' father demands that
he and his older sister decide whether their family should join the
overcrowded boat lifts and immigrate to the United States to rejoin their
relatives in Miami. This would mean leaving behind their homeland Cuba,
possibly forever. Eight years later, after moving to Miami, Juan Carlos is the
only one of his family who is willing to go back to visit Cuba. Shot over a
period of five years, 90 MILES looks at issues of trust, pride, and
responsibility and how the complexity of these issues shape the attitudes of
Cubans towards the world and the people they love. This film puts a face to a
politically charged topic and serves as a testament to the Cuban and
Cuban-American experience.
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