Paper Clips

Name: Paper Clips
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2004-09-08
Rating: 7

It began as a lesson about prejudice... What happened next was a miracle.

Documentary1h 22m

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71%

Tomatometer

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74%

Popcornmeter

7.0

TMDB

Storyline

Whitwell, TN is a small, rural community of less than two thousand people nestled in the mountains of Tennessee. Its citizens are almost exclusively white and Christian. In 1998, the children of Whitwell Middle School took on an inspiring project, launched out of their principal's desire to help her students open their eyes to diversity in the world and the horrors and enormity of the holocaust.

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Details

DirectorsElliot Berlin, Joe Fab

ReleasedSep 8, 2004

StatusReleased

Original languageEnglish

Budget

Not disclosed

Revenue

Not disclosed

Parental guideNot rated

Studios

Ergo EntertainmentThe Johnson Group

Reviews

8 reviews · 7 critics

6 fresh · 1 rotten

Critics consensus

“A touching, though somewhat flat, documentary that follows a homogenous class of white Protestant eighth graders as they learn the importance of tolerance by erecting a monument to the 6 million victims of the Holocaust.”

71% TomatometerRotten Tomatoes

Mary Brennan

RTSeattle TimesMar 25, 2005

It's a remarkable story, and well worth seeing, particularly for its handful of genuinely affecting moments.

Jonathan Curiel

RTSan Francisco ChronicleMar 4, 2005

What makes Paper Clips so powerful and moving is the way everyone in the film seems affected by the Whitwell project. The students change. The teachers change. The townspeople change.

Roger Ebert

RTChicago Sun-TimesFeb 25, 2005

Not a sophisticated or very challenging film, nor should it be. It is straightforward, heartfelt and genuine.

Sandie Angulo Chen

RTCommon Sense MediaDec 31, 2010

Docu is the best introduction to the Holocaust for tweens.