Brothers in Exile

Episode aired Nov 4, 2014
TV-G
1h 18m

IMDb RATING

7.5/10

522

YOUR RATING

Biography Documentary History Sport

"Brothers in Exile" tells the incredible story of Livan and Orlando "El Duque" Hernandez, who risked their lives to escape Cuba. Livan left first--banking on his status as the hottest young ... Read all"Brothers in Exile" tells the incredible story of Livan and Orlando "El Duque" Hernandez, who risked their lives to escape Cuba. Livan left first--banking on his status as the hottest young prospect in Cuba he defected via Mexico and signed with the Florida Marlins, for whom he b... Read all"Brothers in Exile" tells the incredible story of Livan and Orlando "El Duque" Hernandez, who risked their lives to escape Cuba. Livan left first--banking on his status as the hottest young prospect in Cuba he defected via Mexico and signed with the Florida Marlins, for whom he became one of the youngest World Series MVPs in history in 1997. Staying behind was Orlando... Read all

Director
- Mario Diaz
Stars

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IMDb RATING

7.5/10

522

YOUR RATING

Director
- Mario Diaz
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 win

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Featured review

5/10

One of the worst 30x30 documentaries

There is an interesting story over there (Cuban league, the behaviour of players in the hotel, the businessmen who made a lot of money with deserter sportsmen from Cuba), and elements are not properly hidden (embargo, special period, business strategies among US league franchises) but there are things that seriously makenit one of the worst 30 X 30 ESPN documentaries: lack of a serious political discussion (no word about US embargo being THE CAUSE of Cuban poverty in the 90's), the cheesy melodramatic tone, and the fact that what happened after half-brothers moved to the United States is less interesting than the beginning. Indeed, after an irregular beginning that could be good, the movie becomes very boring, not to mention the political bias.