Strangers No More Oscar Winning Movie Trailer

(Clip courtesy of Simon & Goodman Picture Co.)

Winner of 2011 Oscar for Best Documentary

In the heart of Tel Aviv, there is an exceptional school where children from forty-eight different countries and diverse backgrounds come together to learn.

Many of the students arrive at Bialik-Rogozin School fleeing poverty, political adversity and even genocide. Here, no child is a stranger.

The film follows several students' struggle to acclimate to life in a new land while slowly opening up to share their stories of hardship and tragedy:

- Mohammed, a sixteen-year-old refugee from Darfur, witnessed the killing of his grandmother and father before escaping alone through Egypt to Israel. Having never been in a school before, his sharp mind and tremendous determination enable him to make up the years of study he never had.

- Johannes arrived at Bialik-Rogozin after spending most of his life in refugee camps across the Middle East. His father struggles to obtain a work visa while twelve-year-old Johannes struggles to adjust to attending school for the first time. After a slow start, his teachers realize that he is nearly blind in one eye and take him to an eye clinic. With his new glasses, before long, he is reading and writing -- and helping other newcomers to adjust.

- After the murder of her mother, Esther and her father fled South Africa with nothing, in search of safety and peace of mind. At Bialik-Rogozin, they are welcomed with clothing, food and counsel on beginning a new life. Esther's teachers try to relieve the trauma of a nine-year-old girl who believes her mother will return.

With tremendous effort and dedication, the school provides the support these children need to recover from their past. Together, the bond between teacher and student, and amongst the students themselves, enables them to create new lives in this exceptional community.

Upon graduation, Mohammed provides the finest evidence of the school's ultimate success -- declaring his dream to return to Darfur and build a school for the children of the village he once fled.

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[sysmg]

Sometimes we forget that this is what Israel is about. Bringing people from all over the world and giving them a place to feel safe and at home. Thanks for reminding us.

[willham95]

To the beautiful people of Israel: I am SO proud to be a Canadian right now! Canada is the only G8 country that has outright rejected Obama's dangerous plan for a return to pre-1967 defenseless borders. Canada stands firmly with Israel! God bless you all!

[oscaroctavio]

i hope one day all people come together like in this documental , and start seeing each other with equal rights, and religion is been left to the side.

[Mijyns]

I love this documentary. I just watched it today, truly inspiring and these kids are amazing. AND THE STAFF AS WELL! I loved them all, they are all coming from different, and conflicting areas of the world but despite the language and cultural barriers they all come together at the end of the day. Having community, strength and unity makes your education even more powerful.

[marimal2]

love conquers all

[Globox822]

what does that kids says around 1:30 ? That other were animals, expect him?

[thedddmagazine]

Beautiful...



[BethanySum]

@sysmg can't tell if this is satire

[TheyCallMeTroll]

@studiousx3 That's counterproductive... Prove it isn't. Prove your's is. You can only hope and believe.

[ZeitgeistExplorateur]

...meanwhile in Palestine:

[soc1226]

eww children

[elcanaldecheo]

I just love israel...when I see this kind of videos. This kind of good and generous people working to help kids whithout predujices. I just have to say Israel has very good and positive things to show to the world. I used to think in a very negative way about israel, but I regret that. Israel is an amazing country. God bless you israel.

My best wishes from colombia. south america.