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Sons of Cuba

In this film, a prestigious Cuban boarding school transforms 9-year-old boys into world-class boxers through its rigorous training program.

In this film, the Havana Boxing Academy transforms 9-year-old boys into world-class boxers. SONS OF CUBA chronicles the journeys of three young boxers over eight intense months as they prepare for Cuba's National Boxing Championship for Under-12's. However, their season is disrupted by a major crisis: Fidel Castro's illness, which prompts Cuba's Olympic boxing champions to defect to the US, leaving the country at a crossroads and the boys grappling with the implications of a changing world.

Info about Sons of Cuba

Studio(s): Trinamite Productions, Windfall Films

Originally Released: United States, Jan 01, 2009

Budget: $450,000.00

Genres:Documentary