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Promises is a 2001 Academy Award-nominated and Emmy-winning documentary film that looks at the Israeli-Palestinian conflict from the perspectives of seven children living in the Palestinian communities in the West Bank and Israeli neighborhoods of Jerusalem.


　　The film follows the journey of 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. Rather than focus on specific political events, the film gives voice to these children, who, although they live only 20 minutes apart, live in completely separate worlds.


　　Promises was shot between 1995 and 2000 and was produced in association with the Independent Television Service with partial funding provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.


　　The film has a running time of 106 minutes, and includes Arabic, Hebrew and English dialogue with English subtitles.


　　In 2004 the filmmakers' produced a follow-up program called Promises: Four Years On, which features interviews and updates on the children's current lives. It lasts for 25 minutes and is included as a special feature on the film's DVD release.

第74届奥斯卡金像奖最佳纪录长片(提名)Justine Shapiro / B.Z. Goldberg

跟我的犹太pal一起看的，很特别的看片体验

和平不易啊。上一代的纠纷大概会一直纠缠下去。很多时候是不同政治立场，从小教育，耳濡目染了仇恨。

影片跟踪8个孩子，4个以色列4个巴基斯坦。8个孩子背景不同但它展现了从自由派到保守派整个政治频谱。导演试图从电影结构的特点中指出，从下一代开始，如果还有和平的希望，我们应该将他们放在一起。导演方法就是在情感上煽动人们去尝试。

Civics课上看的，很喜欢他们想向世界发出自己的声音，但是大家都很忙，没人想要听。

我喝了不多的白酒，也许也不少。在等着学校的career center webinar的间隙看了这个片子。和之前的很多片子一样，误解是造成战争的根本，但这种从生下来就被父辈传授的误解是有多么的难以解除。再一次感到了艰难

远没有中文片名这么鸡汤。当Faraj意识到穆斯林和犹太小孩美好的“会面”背后那无法更改的残酷现实……心都碎了

导演真聪明，找几个小孩把大人想说的话都说了，无论他们说什么，温和的极端的愤怒的迷茫的，都不会成为众矢之的，我们只能说是环境问题、家庭原因、国际局势。。。可是以后他们也会成为这些的一部分，美好、和平、希望的表面之下，中东的问题像个死结一直就解不开。3年后回访的20分钟采访更说明问题。

没有中文字幕，猜测着看着：到底是HOPELESS还是HOPEFUL？

世界和平。/

hopeless but be hopeful