Más allá del mar: una historia del exodo de Mariel Más allá del mar . Beyond the Sea: A History of the Mariel Boatlift

Duration: 01:20:00 It began with a bus crashing through the gates of an embassy in Havana and unraveled into one of the most dramatic episodes in the history of human migrations. In a few short weeks, nearly 130,000 Cubans left their homeland in an unrelenting stream of vessels bound for America. Mo...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Perez-Rey, Lisandro
Institution:Open Society Archives at Central European University
Language:English
Spanish
Published: Cuba 2003
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10891/osa:c08248d3-244b-45d4-9d24-6e5584e6885f
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Summary:Duration: 01:20:00 It began with a bus crashing through the gates of an embassy in Havana and unraveled into one of the most dramatic episodes in the history of human migrations. In a few short weeks, nearly 130,000 Cubans left their homeland in an unrelenting stream of vessels bound for America. More than two decades later, the personal stories surrounding the infamous Mariel Boatlift continue to resonate with an energy that can only be described as surreal, powerful. Weaving together these riveting stories along with rare, historical images, and footage from present-day Cuba, this film recreates this "explosion of 1980," a crisis that shook the very foundations of Cuban as well as American society.
Published:2003