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A Family in Crisis: The Elian Gonzales Story

About A Family in Crisis: The Elian Gonzales Story

Based on the true headline-generating story of the five-year-old Cuban boy who is the sole survivor of a refugee boat that sunk in a storm on its way to the U.S.

Full Cast of A Family in Crisis: The Elian Gonzales Story

Alec Roberts
plays Elian Gonzales

Alec Roberts as Elian Gonzales

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Laura Harring
plays Marisleysis Gonzalez

Laura Harring as Marisleysis Gonzalez

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James Quattrochi
plays Donato Dairymple

James Quattrochi as Donato Dairymple

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Jules Douglas
plays Nivaldo Ferran

Eliana Alexander
plays Delores

Susan Merson
plays Janet Reno

Susan Merson as Janet Reno

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Shannon Welles
plays Sister Jeanne O' Laughlin

Simon Billig
plays Agent Parker

Steve Gonzales
plays Border Patrol Talbot

Steve Gonzales as Border Patrol Talbot

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Marco López
plays Barber

Crew of A Family in Crisis: The Elian Gonzales Story

Camera

Neil Roach
Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Bruce Finlayson
Costume Design

Selina Jayne
Key Makeup Artist

Patricia Androff
Makeup Department Head

Perri Kimono
Costume Supervisor

Directing

Christopher Leitch
Director

Richard Peter Schroer
First Assistant Director

Production

Julie Ashton
Casting

Nellie Adami
Production Coordinator

Leanne Moore
Producer

Art

Scott Buckwald
Property Master

Charles Dwight Lee
Production Design

Jon Danniells
Set Decoration

Writing

Dennis Turner
Writer

Sound

Starr Parodi
Original Music Composer

Jeff Eden Fair
Original Music Composer

Crew

John Hartigan
Special Effects Coordinator

Editing

John Duffy
Editor

Visual Effects

Scott Christian Sava
Animation

Elliot Worman
Animation

Kent Butterworth
Visual Effects Supervisor