Product Details

• Directors: Carlos Bolado, B.Z. Goldberg, Justine Shapiro
• Format: NTSC, Import
• Subtitles: Spanish
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Run Time: 106 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• ASIN: B0026TJUR2
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #445,736 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Promises trata del viaje de Goldberg a través de las comunidades palestinas, los asentamientos en la Orilla Occidental y los conocidos barrios de Jerusalén. Allí conoce y pone en contacto a niños palestinos e israelíes de edades comprendidas entre los nueve y los trece años. Aclamado documental rodado en los años 1997, 1998 y 2000 durante un tiempo de relativa calma, después de la firma de los acuerdos de Oslo y antes de la última intifada. Codirigido por la sudafricana Justine Shapiro, el estadounidense B.Z. Goldberg y el mexicano Carlos Bolado.

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Endearing, informative, sincere, August 15, 2009

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L. Menze "teacher" (Chicago) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Promesas (Promises) [NTSC/REGION 1 & 4 DVD. Import-Latin America] by Carlos Bolado, B.Z. Goldberg (Spanish subtitles) (DVD)

This documentary is a very sincere and balanced approach to giving the viewer Israeli and Palestinian adolescents' views of the day-to-day conflict in which they live. If you have never been to Jerusalem or the West Bank, the directors offer you a look into how these kids live in their neighborhoods and the travails of going through checkpoints for Palestinians. Some of the kids are secular Jews and others orthodox; some of the Palestinian Arabs espouse radical ideas and others more moderate. Bravo to the directors for their attempt at objectivity!! If you teach concepts of segregation and conflict in school, this documentary illustrates them beautifully!!!