The Film
The Havana Boxing Academy is a Cuban boarding school that takes 9-year-old boys, and turns them into the best boxers in the world. Sons Of Cuba follows the stories of three young hopefuls through 8 dramatic months of training and schooling as they prepare for the biggest event of their lives so far: Cuba's National Boxing Championship for Under-12's. But during the season, crisis strikes: Fidel Castro is taken ill, and all of Cuba's Olympic boxing champions defect to the USA, leaving Cuba at a crossroads, and the boys contemplating a changing world.
The film will be released in UK, Italian and Cuban cinemas from March 2010.
The film was originally produced as a 45’ narrated version for Wide Angle/WGBH/ITVS & Arte called VICTORY IS YOUR DUTY. Director Andrew Lang then went on to make the award-winning feature SONS OF CUBA which is available in 88’ and 56’ versions. For more information, sales contacts and to see the trailer, please visit www.sonsofcuba.com