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Juliano Mer Khamis' documentary on his mother, Arna, an activist against the Israeli occupation who founded an alternative education system for Palestinian children.
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| Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittContains amazingly candid views of warriors behind the scenes of battle. |
| New York Daily NewsRobert DominguezWhat begins as a routine documentary about a children's theater group in a Palestinian refugee camp soon turns into a haunting chronicle on the tragic toll of war. |
| TV Guide MagazineKen FoxIn the end, the film is both a fitting elegy for Arna and the children she tried to help and a deeply disturbing warning about what will continue to breed within the occupied territories until peace is brought to Palestine. |
| New York PostV.A. MusettoThe documentary takes no sides, but its bleak message is all too clear. |
| VarietyRonnie ScheibMust-see docu penetrates a Jenin refugee camp to follow several Palestinian children from laughing little kids in a theater group to grim actors on a grislier world stage. |
| Chicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumIn contrast to the clueless media cliches about suicide bombers, this offers a comprehensive and comprehending portrait of what helps to produce them. |
| Slant MagazineEd GonzalezThe destruction of homes in Jenin's refugee camps further compounds the problem of the Palestinian people. |
| The New York TimesManohla DargisHas the makings of a great documentary, but a subject as complex as this demands greater rigor, deeper intelligence and a sense of dialectics. |
| Film Journal InternationalMaria GarciaSomewhere in Khamis' abstruse footage there's a documentary, but Arna's Children only provides glimpses of it. |
| User ReviewMajdA must see for anyone seeking clarity on the reality of the situation in the Middle East. |