Heart of Stone (2009)

Directed by

Beth Toni Kruvant

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 24m

Elsewhere

IMDb

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)

Trailer

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