Pioneer High

Pioneer High

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Pioneer High

2014

0h 10m

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Drama

Overview

In January of 1969, seventeen-year-old Hala emigrates with her family from Palestine to Michigan and attends a public high school with a dress code wherein girls cannot wear pants. With her limited grasp of the English language, Hala repeatedly disobeys the rules, wearing pants day after day. Ultimately she unknowingly, or knowingly, starts a revolution in her new school.

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16 members

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Amy-Helene Carlson

Cynthia

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Noura Jost

Hala

Noura Jost

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Robert Meksin

Mr. Stonewell

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Gianni Damaia

Student

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Jordan Lemmon

Student

Jordan Lemmon

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Katherine MacLellan

Student

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Maeve Mayfield

Student

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Emily Moody

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Spencer Perlman

Student

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Nicole Raimo

Student

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Ross Richey

Student

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Julia Ridilla

Student

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Sara Scott

Student

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Noah Tye

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Alina Vega

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Anna Willenbrock

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