First Lesson In Peace

Dir. Yoram Honig, Hebrew and Arabic with English subtitles, 2005

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Sat 24 March 2007 // 21:10 / Cinema

When Michal, a 6 year old girl, is about to start school, Yoram Honig, her father, decides to write her a letter in the form of a film.

When Michal, a 6 year old girl, is about to start school, Yoram Honig, her father, decides to write her a letter in the form of a film. Michal is starting her formal education in Neveh-Shalom/Wahaht al Salam School, a bilingual Arabic/Hebrew school for Jewish and Palestinian children – the first of its kind in Israel. The decision to send her to this school is not simple and as the little girl has her first encounters with Palestinian kids and Arabic as a common language, her parents and extended family face their own challenges.

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