Promises - Children of Israel and Palestine (2000)

(Aired as a PBS P.O.V. special)



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This is an incredible documentary. What better way to learn about the

Middle East conflict than from the eyes of the children living there?



Plot Summary 1: What is it really like to live in Jerusalem today?

PROMISES offers touching andsurprisingly fresh insight into the Middle

East conflict when filmmaker B.Z. Goldberg returns to his hometown to

see what seven children — Palestinian and Israeli — think about war,

peace and just growing up. Living within 20 minutes of each other,

these children are nevertheless locked in separate worlds. Through

candid interviews, the film explores a legacy of distrust and bitterness,

but signs of hope emerge when some of the children dare to cross the

checkpoints to meet one another.



Plot Summary 2: Several Jewish and Palestinian children are followed for

three years and put in touch with each other, in this alternative look at

the Jewish-Palestinian conflict. The three filmmakers followed a group of

seven local childrenbetween 1995 and 1998. They all have a totally

different background.These seven children tell their own story about

growing up in Jerusalem. Through this portrait of their generation, we

see how deeprooted and almost insoluble the problems of the Middle East

have become. When the protagonists speak out in an epilogue a couple of

years later, it becomes apparent that all have lost their childlike

innocence.



Technical Specs

Source: Retail DVD

Video Codec: XviD

Video Bitrate: ~1675 KB/s

Video Resolution: 496 x 368

Video Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 Fullscreen

Audio Codec: a52

Audio BitRate: 224 KB/s

Audio Channels: 2 Ch

RunTime: 00:51:40 + 00:50:48

Framerate: 30 FPS

Number Of Parts: 2

Part Size: 700mb



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An Independent Television Service (ITVS) Co-presentation and

a Television Race Initiative (TRI) selection.