Children of the Stones - Children of the Wall ( Kinder der Steine - Kinder der Mauer )

Children of the Stones - Children of the Wall (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Kinder der Steine - Kinder der Mauer
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
Arabic ( Subtitles )
English ( Subtitles )
German ( Dolby Digital Stereo )

Product Origin/Format:
Germany ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
87 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 2010 and produced in:
Germany ( Germany, Central Europe )

Directed By:
Robert Krieg
Monika Nolte

Written By:
Robert Krieg
Monika Nolte

Actors:
Matthias Haase ..... Narrator
Susanne Haeberlein ..... Narrator

Synopsis:

A black-and-white photograph, six boys about ten years old posing perkily and flashing victory signs for the camera. That was Bethlehem in the year 1989 during the Palestinian popular uprising and the shooting of Robert Krieg's documentary film 'Intifada - On the Way to Palestine'. Twenty years later the areas that were supposed to be liberated are enclosed by a wall. Who are the children in the picture? What are their lives like today? Are they alive? Holding the photograph, the film team returns to Bethlehem to search for the boys and to get to know them.

Victory signs are a thing of the past, says one of the men, brought together with his former buddies to talk about the camaraderie of the earlier days, when throwing stones at Israeli soldiers was their sole form of resistance. Now Bethlehem is surrounded by settlements and the Wall, hemming in the city's residents and limiting their ability to make a living. Hope feels like a quaint emotion from the past, while the conflict between Fatah and Hamas, briefly touched upon, fragments past solidarity. Visuals and sound are flawless.

Docu helmer Robert Krieg, together with Monika Nolte, revisits Bethlehem to examine the differences between the First and Second Intifadas in their absorbing but pessimistic 'Children of the Stones -- Children of the Wall.' Following up Krieg's 1989 docu, 'On the Way to Palestine,' the co-helmers contact the surviving members of a group of friends, photographed as kids by Ralf Emmerich, to look at how life in Palestine has changed in the past 20 years. Though it can feel stretched, the pic successfully uses a personal approach to encompass a larger issue, making it ideal fest and satcaster fare.

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 02 August, 2012.