Children

The Israeli authorities had observed minors who take an active part in the Intifada (uprising), especially with knives.
Those minors are arrested and interrogated.
Ada Ushpiz, a renowned and sensitive filmmaker and a journalist, succeeded in approaching the kids and families up close and gain their cooperation and trust.
She accompanied the dubious insurgents over several years and intimately documented the events.

An amazing and moving documentary masterpiece

MDR TV, Berlin

More than two hours with Palestinian children and their families, shot over years, masterly put together by a director with a point of view and big heart for the kids

Filmkommentaren.dk

Heart Breaking

Doc Europa

Documentarist Ada Ushpiz has created a distressing, intimate study

Screen Daily

Watch an interview of film director Ada Ushpiz with film critic Avner Shavit, in the framework of the Jerusalem Film Festival (Hebrew with English subtitles)

Ada Ushpiz - film director

Ada Ushpiz is a renowned Israeli film producer and director. She graduated in Philosophy and History from Tel Aviv University and worked as a journalist for many years, specializing in politics. She has directed numerous documentaries, including Detained (2001), Bloody Engagement (2004), Desert Brides (2008), Good Garbage (2012) and Vita Activa, The Spirit of Hannah Arendt (2015), an intimate portrait of Hannah Arendt.