UCLA Latin American Institute: "Sons of Cuba"

Times

Wed Jan 13 at 7:30 PM

Venue

The James Bridges Theater (Melnitz 1409)

UCLA Latin American Institute presents:

“Sons of Cuba“ (2009)

Directed by Andrew Lang

“Sone of Cuba” is set in the legendary Havana Boxing Academy, and this is no ordinary institution: This is a boarding school that hand-picks 9-year-old boys, and turns them into the best boxers in the world. The results have been stunning: Cuba has dominated Olympic boxing for the past quarter of a century.

The boys duties extend far beyond the ring: They are groomed not only as world-class fighters, but also to be international symbols for their country, dubbed by Castro: “he standard bearers of the Revolution.”

“Sons of Cuba” follows the stories of three young hopefuls through eight dramatic months of training and schooling as they prepare for the biggest event of their lives: Cuba’s National Boxing Championship for under-12’s. During the season, crisis strikes: Fidel Castro, the boys leader and inspiration, is taken ill, and all of Cuba’s Olympic boxing champions defect to the USA, leaving the boys contemplating a future which is altogether different from the one they have been taught to believe in.

Keywords

"sons of cuba" "andrew lang" 

Published

Tue Dec 15, 2009 in Screening

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