“Looking through the eyes of seven Israeli and Palestinian children living in and around Jerusalem, PROMISES provides deeply humanistic insight into the complexities of the Middle East conflict that political analysis or front-line news coverage often lacks.”

David Rooney, Daily Variety

Between 1997 and the summer of 2000, three filmmakers went to Jerusalem to ask children what they thought about war and peace in the Middle East. The result, a riveting documentary called PROMISES, is a prescient account of the bitter and historically complex struggle from the point of view of those who will inherit it. The film does not focus on news and current events, rather, the children’s detailed and intimate accounts offer personal, emotional, and sometimes hilarious insight into their experiences.

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Promises is a featured program of the Television Race Initiative, a media model that fosters collaboration between public television stations and community.