Livan Hernandez, a young baseball prospect, defected from Cuba to Mexico and signed with the Florida Marlins, becoming one of the youngest World Series MVPs in history in 1997.
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The documentary "Brothers in Exile" chronicles the perilous journeys of Livan and Orlando "El Duque" Hernandez as they abandon their lives in Cuba, with Livan being the first to make a bold move, using his promising baseball career as leverage to escape through Mexico.