简介：Promisesisa2001AcademyAward-nominatedandEmmy-winningdocumentaryfilmthatlooksattheIsraeli-PalestinianconflictfromtheperspectivesofsevenchildrenlivinginthePalestiniancommunitiesintheWestBankandIsraelineighborhoodsofJerusalem. ThefilmfollowsthejourneyofIsraeli-AmericanfilmmakerB.Z.GoldbergashemeetswithsevenPalestinianandIsraelichildrenbetweentheagesofnineandthirteen,seeingtheMiddleEastconflictthroughtheireyes.Ratherthanfocusonspecificpoliticalevents,thefilmgivesvoicetothesechildren,who,althoughtheyliveonly20minutesapart,liveincompletelyseparateworlds. Promiseswasshotbetween1995and2000andwasproducedinassociationwiththeIndependentTelevisionServicewithpartialfundingprovidedbytheCorporationforPublicBroadcasting. Thefilmhasarunningtimeof106minutes,andincludesArabic,HebrewandEnglishdialoguewithEnglishsubtitles. In2004thefilmmakers'producedafollow-upprogramcalledPromises:FourYearsOn,whichfeaturesinterviewsandupdatesonthechildren'scurrentlives.Itlastsfor25minutesandisincludedasaspecialfeatureonthefilm'sDVDrelease.…