01 December 1981 Factual, TV Movie 60 mins
Follows the Mariel boatlift, a mass emigration of Cubans who traveled from Cuba's Mariel Harbor to the United States between April 15 and October 31, 1980.
Watch the official Against Wind and Tide: A Cuban Odyssey 1981 trailer in HD below or find more Against Wind and Tide: A Cuban Odyssey videos on Vidimovie.
Jim Burroughs as Narrator (voice)
Paul Neshamkin Editor
United States 01 December 1981
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Xiu Juan, a filial daughter and caring sister, trades her soul for money to look after her mother and her brother's studies.
22 January 1981
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24 December 1981
The story of an unhappy, childless princess, her loving husband and the poor villagers threatened by a terrible disease, who finally received help from above.
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Two ex-convicts are hired by the Devil to manage a small town cemetery.
17 September 1981
A German submarine hunts allied ships during the Second World War, but it soon becomes the hunted. The crew tries to survive below the surface, while stretching both the boat and themselves to their limits.
19 November 1981
In the turn of the century South, a woman feels unfulfilled by marriage and motherhood and has an affair with a younger man.
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Artwork, screen shots, trailers and other imagery is © 1981 Seven League Productions, PBS, WGHB.