First Lesson In peace (tbc)
- Run time: 56 mins
- Language: Hebrew
- Genre: Documentary
- Release date: 1st January 2005
- Starring: Yoram Honig
- Directed by: Yoram Honig
Plot Synopsis
When Michal, a 6 year old girl, is about to start school, Yoram Honig, her father, decides to write her a letter. This letter however is in film form and is much more than a personal gesture. 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. In a society of great political tensions and an ongoing national conflict, every personal decision is made political and the disputes never stray too far from home. The grandfather is an ultra Zionist and their devoted uncle is overtly right wing so even their personal environment is hostile to the parents’choice.