106 min | Dirs. Justine Shapiro, B.Z. Goldberg, Carlos Bolado | 2000 | Arabic, Hebrew and English with English subtitles

Promises follows the journey of one of the filmmakers, Israeli-American B.Z. Goldberg. B.Z. travels to a Palestinian refugee camp and to an Israeli settlement in the West Bank, and to the more familiar neighborhoods of Jerusalem where he meets seven Palestinian and Israeli children.
Though the children live only 20 minutes apart, they exist in completely separate worlds; the physical, historical and emotional obstacles between them run deep. Promises explores the nature of these boundaries and tells the story of a few children who crossed the lines to meet their neighbors.

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Location: Brecht Forum, 451 West St. (between Bank & Bethune), NYC