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Sons of Cuba is a cubain film of genre Documentary released in USA on 1 january 2009

Sons of Cuba (2009)

Sons of Cuba
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Released in USA 1 january 2009
Length 1h28
OriginCuba
Rating72% 3.6396053.6396053.6396053.6396053.639605

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. 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.
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