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  • 2014
  • Not Rated
  • MPI Home Video
  • 1 h 30 m
  • 2014
  • Not Rated
  • MPI Home Video
  • 1 h 30 m

Summary Pierre Dulaine, an internationally renowned ballroom dancer, fulfills a life-long dream when he takes his program, Dancing Classrooms, back to his city of birth, Jaffa. Over a ten-week period, Pierre teaches 10-year-old Palestinian-Israeli and Jewish-Israeli children to dance and compete together.

Directed By: Hilla Medalia

Written By: Philip Shane, Hilla Medalia

  • 2014
  • Not Rated
  • MPI Home Video
  • 1 h 30 m
  • 2014
  • Not Rated
  • MPI Home Video
  • 1 h 30 m

Dancing in Jaffa

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 10 Critic Reviews
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Summary Pierre Dulaine, an internationally renowned ballroom dancer, fulfills a life-long dream when he takes his program, Dancing Classrooms, back to his city of birth, Jaffa. Over a ten-week period, Pierre teaches 10-year-old Palestinian-Israeli and Jewish-Israeli children to dance and compete together.

Directed By: Hilla Medalia

Written By: Philip Shane, Hilla Medalia

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Generally Favorable Based on 10 Critic Reviews
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Generally Favorable Based on 10 Critic Reviews
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90
Apr 17, 2014
A documentary that doesn't force-feed its message of hope but genuinely earns it.
By Sheri Linden FULL REVIEW
80
Feb 18, 2015
Dancing in Jaffa is a wonderfully insightful documentary that explores a side of geopolitical tensions in a completely new light. Like Dulaine's teachings, the feeling of hope, the promise of light at the end of the tunnel, never diminishes.
By Julia Alexander FULL REVIEW
80
Apr 17, 2014
A surprising, well-crafted documentary.
By Ronnie Scheib FULL REVIEW
75
Apr 24, 2014
“So how are you going to get them to dance together?” Dancing never explains how. Instead, as in similar films such as “Hoop Dreams,” it focuses on the contest, reducing the participants to a handful of representative kids who end up learning something about themselves and others.
By Peter Keough FULL REVIEW
70
Apr 10, 2014
Predictably, the film culminates in a dance competition, irresistible to behold and leading to an ending just about too pat to believe.
By Andy Webster FULL REVIEW
60
Feb 9, 2015
Exasperatingly trite, but also rather sweet.
By David Parkinson FULL REVIEW
60
Apr 10, 2014
When the grade-school kids are Israelis and Palestinians, the initially reluctant, moving duets they finally perform make you feel like, yes, dancing.
By Joe Neumaier FULL REVIEW

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Production Company kNow Productions, Tiara Blu Films, Warrior Poets, Ja-Tail Pictures, Medalia Productions, Shine Global
Release Date Apr 11, 2014
Duration 1 h 30 m
Rating Not Rated
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Tagline Religion tore the city apart, can dance bring it together?
Website http://www.facebook.com/pages/Dancing-In-Jaffa/198250196860339
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Awards

Munich Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
DocAviv Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Golden Trailer Awards
• 1 Nomination

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