August 23, 2009
all kids are innocent!
a step towards peace is understanding one another..
I pray for peace in the middle east~
B. Z. Goldberg,
B.Z. Goldberg,
Daniel,
Justine Shapiro,
Mahmoud
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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 grou...( read more
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Directed by: B. Z. Goldberg, B.Z. Goldberg, Carlos Bolado, Justine Shapiro
Release Date: March 15, 2002
DVD Release Date: November 16, 2004
Stats: 158 reviews
Flixster Reviews (158)
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March 20, 2009Israeli and Palestinian children talk about what it's like. Then some of them meet each other. Deserved the Oscar nomination it got. Thought provoking. Hope and hopelessness threading through it.
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March 15, 2008This documentary was amazing. i loved it. I still remember it like it was yesterday and I saw it more than 5 years ago.
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February 5, 2008A very revealing side to the Israeli-Palestinian ongoing conflict. Promises gives insight to the kids' opinions from both sides, and what they think should be done to control the war.
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October 21, 2007Powerful movie - right from the mouths of the kids whose lives are affected by the rift in Israel. Definitely worth a watch.
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March 20, 2007I daresay the climactic scene of this movie justifies the very existence of documentary film.
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Critic Reviews
June 14, 2002
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
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