Title: Director of 'Heart of Stone' on NECN

" Eight times calls it deftly structured it incisive and revealing part of stone is the true story of one of the most violent high schools and the country. And the great principal who decided to do something about it."

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" Part of stone makes -- Boston debut tonight -- the museum of fine arts and share to attract a great deal of attention especially. With educators in the inner city. The director of this very powerful documentary bath cruise -- here this morning. Welcome and it's so great to have you with us today thank you for having me through this documentary is named. Four and after that principle limestone yes. -- would start out very powerful this documentary where he's putting on a bullet proof that I don't know people can really cracks that going to work every day as high school principal. Wearing a bulletproof vest."

" Yeah well that's what he had to do because he was threatened with guns on several times. And he realized that he was going to be a part of the school and whisk the kids that. Cute and he wanted to come home at night. He put on the vast so that he could -- protect."

" We'll set the tone for us -- if you will about the school. It used to be have happened graduates well known graduates it did really well and then became one of the most violent schools in the country."

" Yes well the movie is set in the context of what this school -- school where Philip Roth went -- wake high school. It was a Jewish community that was very close -- and graduated more Ph.D.s. In any school in the country in its heyday. It graduated from the likes of Ricci Roberts that Russell Crowe plays. In American gangster so I had a wide variety of some self starting. The students on after the riots the the school plummeted. And became infested with gang members and islands and then when -- started. From being principal of the school is back in 2001 yes exactly. -- it was a school where most parents were afraid to send their kids. And it had a very low attendance and leave by the time he -- being principal it was a school where parents were knocking down the doors to get --"

" It's an amazing transformation tell us how that happened the principal had a very unconventional. Plan. To turn the school around."

" Well first thing he did was instill pride in the school and she created a winning. Football team. And he he instilled pride in wearing the school collar and."

" That happened overnight and he was looking at fights and brawls and all kinds of things in the hallways and classrooms every single day."

" That's right and students were killed as you know as students in all the inner cities are being killed going -- from school and during -- in school. And so he said this violence has got to stop. We have to do something he -- today conflict resolution on meetings for crips and bloods to talk out their differences instead of take on each other down. And he used he tapped into the into the gang members positive leadership qualities and used -- foot soldiers. To honor to be secure to help on -- their security guards in the school. And he used their positive qualities to encourage them to graduate go want college and worked it worked. And they had an easing respect for him he was their surrogate father. Throughout those 34 years and in high school. "

" Well is so timely because of the problems all over the country at inner city schools in fact in Chicago there kind of starting a new program like a 24. You are mandatory for our mentor program. But you kind of think that might not work that's not the best path to take."

" Well what's revolutionary about what Ron did was he accepted. They gang members for being in gangs he didn't have a no tolerance. Attitude. And he. Allow heat listened to. He allowed them to have a voice."

" Ultimately that's what -- you experts say that the kids want they wanna be hurt right away and and there are some positive aspects to get in life. For kids who don't have a family and don't fathers. A very powerful film and them and indeed -- tonight and find him and McCain bought them -- get some other information in minutes thank you so much. You have a famous actor -- executive director Zach Braff yes yes and his father."

" Is the co-founder of the Jewish alumni association that raises funds for college scholarships and and activities for the kids and gives back to the kids who. Who I'm go to school they -- today and that's a real unusual aspect of the San."

" All right -- thank you so much for being with -- and again. The film debuts tonight at 5 PM MFI in Boston and then on Friday. The movie screen that the West Newton cinemas followed by -- special Q and a session with -- and represented us from the Massachusetts Department of Education out both places. The film runs for one week. To find out where the movies playing near you all you have to do is go to the website heart of stone the movie dot com."