Dancing in Jaffa

Name: Dancing in Jaffa
Genre: Documentary
Released: April 11, 2014
Duration: 90 min
Rating: 74
Cast: Pierre Dulaine, Yvonne Marceau

2014

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Sundance Selects | Release Date: April 11, 2014 | Not Rated

Starring: Pierre Dulaine, Yvonne Marceau

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.

Director: Hilla Medalia

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 90 min

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Sheri Linden

Apr 17, 2014

A documentary that doesn't force-feed its message of hope but genuinely earns it. Read full review

Daphne Howland

Apr 3, 2014

Medalia, as an Israeli, knows this bumpy territory well and serves up her story sensitively, but with its difficulties unvarnished and unsolved. She focuses on a few children whom we get to know well enough to care very much about their progress. Read full review

Julia Alexander

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. Read full review

Peter Keough

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. Read full review

Andy Webster

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. Read full review

Frank Scheck

Apr 4, 2014

While the film doesn’t dig deeply enough into the myriad political and social issues it raises, it’s nonetheless warmly entertaining, thanks to Dulaine’s ever genial presence and the irresistible appeal of watching young children overcome their instilled fears and prejudices. Read full review

Joe Neumaier

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. Read full review

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