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B.Z. Goldberg, an American filmmaker who was raised in Jerusalem and is fluent in both Hebrew and Arabic, returned to the Middle East to help make this documentary, which chronicles his encounters with seven children between the ages of 11 and 13, some Israeli and some Palestinian, who discuss their ...more
Year: 2001 | Running Time: 116 minutes
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Promises is a profoundly moving document of the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinians. Filmed during a period of relative calm in the region, before the second Intifada, the filmmakers reduce the conflict to its smallest scale, literally, exploring the views of several Palestinian and Israeli children of varying backgrounds. The film offers a bare-bones primer on the conflict, but its main interest is in the lives of these children and the degree of hope they offer for the future. ...more
- Carlos Bolado - Director
- Justine Shapiro - Director
- B.Z. Goldberg - Director
- Justine Shapiro - Producer
- B.Z. Goldberg - Producer
- Justine Shapiro - Screenwriter
- B.Z. Goldberg - Screenwriter
- Janet Cole - Consultant/advisor
- Lucy Kaplan - Consultant/advisor
- Stephen Most - Consultant/advisor
- Carlos Bolado - Editor
- Yorman Millo - Cinematographer
- Ilan Buchbinder - Cinematographer
- Dan Olmsted - Sound Mixer
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