Promises

Hope for a peaceful, lasting solution to the decades-old political, religious, social and territorial conflicts between Palestinians and Israelis seems more elusive than ever in the post-World Trade Towers attack world. But this insightful, Oscar-nominated documentary, in which children on both sides of the ever-escalating conflict have their say away from watchful parental eyes, gives peace yet another chance. Filmmakers Justine Shapiro, B.Z. Goldberg and Carlos Bolado spent three years (1997 to 2000) capturing the thoughts, beliefs, emotions and very real fears of seven pint-sized Palestinian and Israeli boys and girls (ages nine to 13) living in and around Jerusal...