Synopsis

Juan Carlos Zaldívar's 2001 documentary, *90 Miles*, chronicles the circumstances that propelled him to become a Marielito and seek a new life in Miami. Premiering in 2003 as part of PBS's *P.O.V.* series, the film garnered recognition with both the Grand Coral’s First Prize for Documentary and the Memoria Documentary Award. *90 Miles* details the improbable sequence of events that carried Zaldívar across one of the world’s most perilous expanses of ocean. It is a story of a family striving for