Paper Clips

Summary: As a part of their study of the Holocaust, the children of the Whitwell, TN Middle School try to collect 6 million paper clips representing the 6 million Jews killed by the Nazis.

Release Date: August 04, 2006

Genres: Documentary, War

Directors: Elliot Berlin

, Joe Fab

Writer: Joe Fab

Runtime: 1 h 22 min

MPAA: G

Production: Ergo Entertainment, The Johnson Group

Distributor: Virgil Films & Entertainment, Hart Sharp Video

Country: United States

Language: English

Domestic: $ 1,121,744

International: $ 31,013

Box office:

Domestic:$1.1MInternational:$31KWorldwide:$1.2M

The Rotten Tomatoes audience rated this 2% higher than the critics.

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The Metacritic audience rated this -5% lower than the critics.

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64/100

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59/100

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38% of the Stars & Main Cast are Female.

0% of the Stars & Main Cast are "diverse."

White81.82%Jewish18.18%

2.00

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homosexual

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prejudice, ku klux klan, racism

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Message5/5
Role model3/5
Violence1/5

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This film gets a 2/5 family friendly score

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Message 5/5	The documentary is full of positive messages for kids. Among the most important lessons in the movie: stereotypes lead to prejudice which can eventually lead to genocide; it's important to learn about people/cultures that are different than your own; just because you grew up with prejudice doesn't mean it's acceptable.
Role model 3/5	All of the administrators, teachers, students, and volunteers who made the Paper Clips project such a touching success are to be commended for showing the world that a tiny, all-white Southern community could make such a difference in learning and teaching about the Holocaust.
Violence 1/5	Some upsetting descriptions of what happened to Jews in Europe during the Holocaust. Some survivor stories may be emotional to watch.
Language 0/5	A teacher refers to "racial" jokes and slurs but never says them outright.

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