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.
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Jim Burroughs as Narrator (voice)
Paul Neshamkin Editor
United States 01 December 1981
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Anton and his family moved into a high-rise building. In order for the new neighbors to accept his trumpet music, he has to perform a little "miracle" with the instrument.
31 December 1981
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