Cuban born José Manuel Garcia immigrated to the U.S. during the Mariel Boatlift in 1980. In 2011 he wrote the script and co-produced the international award-winning documentary Voices From Mariel. In the spring of 2018 University Press of Florida published his book titled Voices from Mariel: Oral Histories of the 1980 Cuban Boatlift. For more information, contact Jose at [email protected]