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1. The CNN movie "Elian", which played last night and will replay on that network,

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Fri Aug 25, 2017, 08:02 PM

Aug 2017

was very well done. Many scenes from the actual time period - 1999-2000, as well as present day interviews, including Elian Gonzalez and his father Juan Michael Gonzalez, his cousin Marisleysis Gonzalez, and the American lawyer who represented Elian's father.

Well worth the time, if you have a chance to see a rerun on CNN.

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Elian Gonzalez Believes He Would Have Been Used To Make Cuba Look Bad [View all] Judi Lynn Aug 2017 OP

The CNN movie "Elian", which played last night and will replay on that network, No Vested Interest Aug 2017 #1

That film is going to rerun Saturday night on CNN, at maybe 9:00 PM, or 8:00 PM EST. Judi Lynn Aug 2017 #3

One aspect mentioned in the CNN movie (an aspect I had never thought of or heard mentioned) No Vested Interest Aug 2017 #7

They definitely would have used him as a political poster boy against Cuba Pachamama Aug 2017 #2

Didn't know the young man is married! His maturing surely happened fast! Judi Lynn Aug 2017 #4

He married his high school sweetheart ilianet Escano..... Pachamama Aug 2017 #5

Beautiful photos of him with his dad and brothers. Judi Lynn Aug 2017 #6

His marriage was not mentioned in the movie; perhaps that was his or her wish not to be No Vested Interest Aug 2017 #8