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Sons of Cuba is a 2009 documentary film set in the Havana Boxing Academy, a school at the heart of Cuba's Olympic success in the ring.^[1] It follows the stories of three young hopefuls through eight months of training and schooling as they prepare for Cuba's National Boxing Championship for Under-12's. Sons of Cuba was directed by Andrew Lang and is distributed by Cinetic Rights Management for the US and Canada and Ro*co Films for the rest of the world.

Awards and nominations

• Winner, Best Documentary at the 2009 Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival ^{[citation needed]}
• Winner, Best Documentary at the 2009 International Rome Film Festival^{[citation needed]}
• Winner, Youth Jury Award at the 2009 Sheffield Doc/Fest^{[citation needed]}
• Winner, Best Film on Latin America by a non-Latin American at the 2009 Havana Film Festival^{[citation needed]}
• Winner, Best Documentary by the 2009 Foundation of New Latin American Cinema^{[citation needed]}
• Nominated, Best Documentary at the 2009 British Independent Film Awards^{[citation needed]}
• Opening Night Film at the 2009 Full Frame Documentary Film Festival^{[citation needed]}

References

External links

• Official website
• Sons of Cuba at IMDb
• Full Frame Documentary Film Festival
• International Rome Film Festival^{[permanent dead link]}
• Sheffield Doc/Fest
• British Independent Film Awards
• Palm Springs International Film Festival
• Sons of Cuba review in Variety
• Sons of Cuba review in The Hollywood Reporter
• Fandango, Italian distributor^{[permanent dead link]}
• Andrew Lang interview with The Huffington Post