| Promises |
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| Directed By:
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Justine Shapiro, B.Z. Goldberg, Carlos Bolado
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| Produced In:
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Israel/Palestine/USA, 2001
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| Running Time:
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102 minutes
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| Genre:
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Documentary
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| Language:
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English, Hebrew, and Arabic with English Subtitles
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| Themes:
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Genocide/Ethnic Conflict, Israel, Palestine
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| Distributor:
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Cowboy Pictures
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Synopsis:
Rather than focusing on current events or "hard news," PROMISES offers a
surprisingly fresh insight into the Middle East conflict. When filmmaker B.Z.
Goldberg returns to his hometown of Jerusalem to see what seven children -
both Palestinian and Israeli - think about war, peace, and just growing up,
each child offers a dramatic, touching and sometimes hilarious insight into
the Middle East conflict and into the experience of growing up in the charged
and complex city of Jerusalem. Promises explores this legacy of distrust and
bitterness, but signs of hope emerge when some of the Palestinian and Israeli
children dare to cross the checkpoints to meet one another. An energetic and
dynamic cinematic experience, PROMISES offers both insiders and outsiders a
well-balanced insight into the subtleties of the Middle East conflict.
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