HAVANA CURVEBALL
Dir. Marcia Jarmel and Ken Schneider (60min, USA, 2014)
Mica is a classic thirteen year old, studying for his Bar Mitzvah. Enthusiastic. Idealistic. Dreaming baseball.
An
earnest kid, he took to heart his Rabbi’s requirement to help “heal the
world.” Imagining himself a savior of sorts, he launches a grand plan
to send baseballs to Cuba, a country with a mysterious pull. He knows
only that Cubans lack resources and love baseball — and that Cuba gave
his grandpa refuge during WWII. On a hunch, his filmmaker parents pick
up their camera. They know the U.S. embargo with Cuba will throw him a
curveball.
After the screening stick around for the Youth Activism Showcase. More details coming soon.
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