Supplemental Resources - Havana Curveball

SUPPLEMENTAL RESOURCES

YOUTH ACTIVISM

Youth Activism Project
Do Something
The Free Child Project

CUBA AND U.S. RELATIONS

U.S. government regulations on travel to Cuba, January 2015
Brookings Institute's information on Cuban policy
Council on Foreign Relations
Time Magazine: A Brief History of U.S.-Cuba Relations
Huffington Post: US Cuba Relations
A History of Tension: 50 Years of U.S.-Cuba Relations [Timeline]

JEWISH HISTORY / HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE

Center for Jewish History
U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum
USHMM: Seeking Refuge in Cuba, 1939

CUBAN JEWISH COMMUNITY

The New York Times: In Cuba, Finding a Tiny Corner of Jewish Life
Jewish Virtual Library: Cuba
Wikipedia: History of the Jews in Cuba

CUBAN BASEBALL

Cuban Baseball Yesterday (Stealing Home: The Case of Contemporary Cuban Baseball)
History of Baseball in Cuba
The Atlantic Online: Cuban Baseball

BASEBALL DIPLOMACY

The Washington Times: Griffey Jr., Larkin do baseball diplomacy in Cuba
The National Security Archive: Beisbol Diplomacy
Best Thinking: U.S.-Cuban Baseball Diplomacy

Havana Curveball

A New Documentary Film by Marcia Jarmel and Ken Schneider

Thirteen-year-old Mica takes to heart his Rabbi's dictate to help “heal the world,” and launches a grand plan to send baseballs to Cuba—a country with a mysterious pull. He knows only that Cubans have few resources, love baseball, and gave his Jewish grandpa refuge during the Holocaust. His filmmaker parents know a curveball is coming…