In the early 1960s, more than 14,000 Cuban children and teenagers embarked on a one-way flight to the U.S. They were entrusted to the Catholic Church in Miami by their families, concerned about the rapprochement between Cuba and the Soviet Union. This operation was orchestrated by anti-Castro forces with the support of the U.S. government. The parents' decision to send their children to a place considered safe during the tumultuous years following the Cuban revolution was fueled by rumors that the new regime would suspend parental rights and indoctrinate the children according to communist ideology. The separation from their families, however, was much longer and more painful than anticipated. In this film, several Cubans sent to the U.S. as children describe the impact of Operation Pedro Pan on their lives. Furthermore, interviews with American and Cuban experts and archival footage from the time trace the historical context in which this little-known episode of the Cold War in Latin America occurred.

2020, 4K, 1 x 80'

Directed by: Maurício Dias and Kênya Zanatta.

Executive production: Maurício Dias and Fernando Dias.

Airing on: Curta! Channel