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Promises(Movie, 2001)

1h 46min | Genre: Documentary
PromisesRating: 3.8/5 (with 1818 votes)
Promises is a 2001 documentary film that examines the Israeli–Palestinian conflict from the perspectives of seven children living in the Palestinian communities in the West Bank and Israeli neighborhoods of Jerusalem. Promises has been shown at many film festivals and received excellent reviews and many accolades. The film follows Israeli-American filmmaker B.Z. Goldberg as he meets with seven Palestinian and Israeli children between the ages of nine and thirteen, seeing the Middle East conflict through their eyes. It allows "ordinary" kids to develop natural bonds of affection by simply playing games with each other, bonds which go beyond the clutter of prejudices that they have heard from their parents and others around them. ()
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Awards & Nominations for Promises

Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film

About Promises

Documentarians Justine Shapiro and B.Z. Goldberg traveled to Israel to interview Palestinian and Israeli kids ages 11 to 13, assembling their views on living in a society afflicted with violence, separatism and religious and political extremism. This 2002 Oscar nominee for Best Feature Documentary culminates in an astonishing day in which two Israeli children meet Palestinian youngsters at a refugee camp.

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Additional Information

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Production countries: Israel, United States of America (USA)
Plays in: Israel
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: Arabic (AR), English (EN), Hebrew (HE)
Translated into 7 languages: German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Italian (IT), Dutch (NL), Portuguese (PT), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date DE: 01/01/2001
Producer: Justine Shapiro
Film Editor: Carlos Bolado
Composer: Wim Mertens
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Hass und Hoffnung - Kinder im Nahostkonflikt"
"Promesas"

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Other movies with this title: Promises (US, 2015), Promises (US, 2017), Promises (US, 2020), Promises (FR/IT, 2021), Promises (FR, 2022)

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