BALSEROSdirected by: Carles Bosch and Jose Maria Domenech
written by: Carles Bosch and David Trueba
distributed by: Seventh Art
runtime: 120 minutes
nation: Spain
In
1994, a public television crew interviewed seven Cubans as they prepared
to set to sea on homemade rafts for whatever destination awaited them in
America. One was forced to
return to Cuba, the remainder found new lives in the United States.
Seven years later, filmmakers, Carles Bosch and Jose Maria Domenech,
caught up with the “balseros” (rafters) and chronicled their new lives
in such diverse cities as Miami, the Bronx, York, Pennsylvania, and Grand
Island, Nebraska. Balseros
was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary, and was named one
of the Ten Best Non-fiction Films of 2003 by the Indianapolis
International Film Festival Group.
Balseros
will make its Indiana Premiere.
Balseros shows at:
6:00 PM - Saturday March 6
11:00 AM - Sunday March 7