Promises

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 neighbourhoods 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 dared to cross the lines to meet their neighbours. Rather than focusing on political events, the seven children featured in PROMISES offer a refreshing, human and sometimes humorous portrait of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.

PROMISES, a film by Justine Shapiro, B.Z. Goldberg and co-director and editor Carlos Bolado was shot between 1995-2000.

Running time, 106 minutes. Arabic, Hebrew and English dialogue with English subtitles.

On Monday June 7th there is a Special Reception featuring a guest speaker, please arrive at 7pm for the film at 8pm.

For Booking details please contact the Box Office on 020 7388 8822.

35% of the ticket price will go to The Promises Outreach Project - working towards providing children with tools that will enable them to understand how conflict plays a role in all our lives and how to contend with conflict in a non-violent way.

To see a preview of the film click here.

Speaker(s): Guest Speaker