(Aired as a PBS P.O.V. special)rnrnVisit http://www.pbs.org/pov/pov2001/promises/thefilm.html rnfor a preview and more info/resources. rnrnrnThis is an incredible documentary. What better way to learn about the rnMiddle East conflict than from the eyes of the children living there?rnrnPlot Summary 1: What is it really like to live in Jerusalem today? rnPROMISES offers touching andsurprisingly fresh insight into the Middle rnEast conflict when filmmaker B.Z. Goldberg returns to his hometown to rnsee what seven children — Palestinian and Israeli — think about war, rnpeace and just growing up. Living within 20 minutes of each other, rnthese children are nevertheless locked in separate worlds. Through rncandid interviews, the film explores a legacy of distrust and bitterness, rnbut signs of hope emerge when some of the children dare to cross the rncheckpoints to meet one another. rnrnPlot Summary 2: Several Jewish and Palestinian children are followed for rnthree years and put in touch with each other, in this alternative look at rnthe Jewish-Palestinian conflict. The three filmmakers followed a group of rnseven local childrenbetween 1995 and 1998. They all have a totally rndifferent background.These seven children tell their own story about rngrowing up in Jerusalem. Through this portrait of their generation, we rnsee how deeprooted and almost insoluble the problems of the Middle East rnhave become. When the protagonists speak out in an epilogue a couple of rnyears later, it becomes apparent that all have lost their childlike rninnocence.rnrnTechnical SpecsrnSource: Retail DVDrnVideo Codec: XviDrnVideo Bitrate: ~1675 KB/srnVideo Resolution: 496 x 368rnVideo Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 FullscreenrnAudio Codec: a52rnAudio BitRate: 224 KB/srnAudio Channels: 2 ChrnRunTime: 00:51:40 + 00:50:48rnFramerate: 30 FPSrnNumber Of Parts: 2rnPart Size: 700mbrnrnOrder from: http://promisesproject.org/dist-home.html?buttonName=Order+InformationrnrnAn Independent Television Service (ITVS) Co-presentation and rna Television Race Initiative (TRI) selection.