Heart of Stone (2009)
- Directed by
- Beth Toni Kruvant
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 24m
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This documentary follows a high school principal and his staff as they try to revive a Newark school that once thrived before the 1967 riots. It shows students, teachers, and alumni from different backgrounds working together to bring back the school's past success.
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What happens
Heart of Stone is a 2009 documentary film about Weequahic High School in Newark, New Jersey, United States, directed by Beth Toni Kruvant, with Zach Braff serving as executive producer. The film relates the struggles of Principal Ron Stone and the rest of the school's administration, plus students and alumni to return the school, working with African American and Jewish alumni, to its previous glory in the years before the 1967 Newark riots. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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