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CAAMFest 2016

Pioneer High

Directed by Suha Araj

SHORTS / USA / 2014 / Short / 10 mins / English / Color

Plays In:
PORTRAITS FROM THE SCHOOLYARD

Alamo Drafthouse
March 16, 2016 6:20 pm At Rush

Description

January, 1969: Hala leaves her home in Palestine to move to America and enters high school with limited English. She unknowingly ignites a revolution through this language barrier by repeatedly breaking the school’s no pants rule for the girls, gaining her the respect of the other girls in her class.


Plays in

  1. PORTRAITS FROM THE SCHOOLYARD

    SHORTS / 91 mins
    From pride and joy to fear and anger, everyone faces these emotional swings as they grow into themselves. PORTRAITS FROM THE SCHOOLYARD is a collection of diverse moments and experiences that magnifies the lives of students in and out of class.

    In This Program: America 1979, Study Abroad 2: The Daydreaming Bunny, From Tonga, Born With It, Horoscope, Pioneer High


Dates & Times

Plays In:
PORTRAITS FROM THE SCHOOLYARD

Alamo Drafthouse
March 16, 2016 6:20 pm At Rush