Orna Raviv’s Lod Detour (Israel 2009) will be introduced by Yaron Shemer (Asian Studies)

Orna Raviv’s Lod Detour is a sixty-minute documentary film about Ilan Hakaray, principal of the Amal High School in Lod, Israel, who offers students who have failed out of other institutions their last opportunity to complete a high school education. The film follow three students’ through their principal’s eyes as he doggedly fights for them to succeed against the odds.

Organizers: Global Cinema Studies Program and Ackland Film Forum, with support from the Curriculum in Global Studies