Freedom is like flying; you can go in any direction, look around and decide where you want to land. Freedom gives people a choice and brings self-satisfaction and happiness. Are people happy in the countries where their freedom is limited? Cuba is one of the few smaller territories that resist the influence of the United States. Poverty-stricken, it is very difficult for Cubans to earn a living. Boxers and Ballerinas depicts the lives of four young athletes—a young boxer and a young dancer in Havana, Cuba and a boxer and dancer living in Miami, Florida—each trying to achieve his/her goals in life. Mike Cahill and Brit Marling’s incredible story of these young professionals vividly demonstrates the controversy of human emotions when people are forced to make a choice of leaving their country for greater possibilities or staying and succeeding in the more difficult conditions in which they live. It is a story of what freedom means for a person in any country and evaluates the human right to have a nationality.
Video ID: 5
Legacy Video ID: 5
Release Date: Dec. 4, 2004
Genre: Documentary
Country: United States of America
Languages: EN_NATIVE
Runtime: 1h 23m
Credits
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Producer: Nicholas Shumaker
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Director: Brit Marling
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Writer: Brit Marling
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Director: Mike Cahill
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Writer: Mike Cahill
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Writer: Nicholas Shumaker
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Associate Producer: Armando Guerra
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Associate Producer: Marco Ciocca
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Film Editor: Mike Cahill
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Film Editor: Brit Marling
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Executive Producer: Herman Valerius
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Executive Producer: Jyll Johnstone
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Executive Producer: Charlie Johnstone
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Music Scoring Mixer: Lee Mars
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Original Music: Craig Wedren
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Producer's Representative: Andrew Hurwitz
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Voice: Narrator: Gene Cross
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Distributors: Wide Management
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Special Thanks: Johnny Temple
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Cinematography: Mike Cahill
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Special Thanks: Meggan Lennon
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Cinematography: Brit Marling
Awards
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2010: (Winner) Brekenridge Festival of Film Best Documentary
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2010: (Winner) Cinequest Film Festival Directors Award, Global Landscapes
Reviews
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Newsweek, Current Magazine (5.0): "Downright Remarkable!"
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The Washington Post (5.0): "A prodigiously gathered and precisely orchestrated symphony of sights and
sounds from both sides of the Florida Straits, Boxers and Ballerinas weaves
controversial political theory, traumatic historical signposts, and urgent human
drama into a stylish and provocative whole."
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Variety (5.0): "Confident feature debut!"
Film Festivals