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''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. 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. The most important aspect of the film is that 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. ''Promises'' was shot between 1997 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 25 minutes and is included as a special feature on the film's DVD release. ''Promises'' has been shown at many film festivals and received excellent reviews and many accolades. ==The Children== *Daniel and Yarko: Israeli boys living in west Jerusalem, secular Jews, put off more by religious Jews than Palestinians; grandsons of Holocaust survivor *Shlomo: Jewish quarter in Jerusalem, Orthodox, son of an American rabbi *Moishe: lives in Beit-El in the West-Bank, dislikes the Arabs *Faraj: lives in the Deheishe refugee camp in the West Bank, Palestinian; son of Palestinian refugees *Mahmoud: Palestinian quarter in East Jerusalem; son of merchant in Muslim quarter of the Old City *Sanabel: Palestinian lives also in the Deheishe refuge camp, father is in prison because he was affiliated with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. Before her brother died from heat stroke, he was also in prison. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Promises (film)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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