Very Cool!!!

Best movie ever!

To all those who have watched it: I hope you enjoyed it as much as I do.

The acting is good, and the firecracker script has some excellent ideas.

11 million people died in the Holocaust but it seems like they only care about the Jewish people. At one point the teacher does mention the other 5 million people but it seems like she really didn't care about them. Since they got enough paper clips, the teacher makes it sounds like "well I guess we'll include the other 5 million". If these people didn't talk so damn slow they could've wrapped this movie up in 30 minutes.I really can not believe how everyone kept saying "the 6 million people" no one ever said "there were 11 million people who died". That is unbelievable and disappointing.

I teach 8th grade and look forward to showing this movie every year. It holds the attention of my students and is a great way to give them information about the Holocaust and remind them of the power of working together as a community. I was able to stop through Whitwell several years ago and was able to see the memorial created by this community, it is worth the trip if you are ever in the Chattanooga area. I'm not enough of an expert to offer an unbiased critique of the work of the film makers, but the work of these kids, and their community, is nothing short of amazing. This story deserves to be told. It never fails to touch me, and my students, no matter how many times I watch it.

Paperclips is a documentary about a school in Tennessee where the students decided to collect 6 million paper clips as a symbol for the 6 million Jews that were killed in the holocaust. The initiative in itself was very heart-warming. Parts of the documentary moved me and the whole idea did touch me. I find the holocaust itself a very interesting topic, but this film about the schools project didn't feel interesting enough to cover a whole 80 minutes. For me it would have been a better movie if the main topic was the holocaust and they used the schools project as an extra element to tell the story. It did make me happy to see a group of good minded people working on such a beautiful idea.

This amazing document merits a view because it shows how a school project got children involved in understanding the fate of millions of human beings that perished during WWII because of the evil doing of a mad man. In fact, "Paper Clips" should be required viewing in schools as it clearly shows how hate and prejudice is so wrong in this society, and in the world.Whitwell Middle School's principal, Linda Hopper, tells us about the town's history and racial make-up. Whitwell is basically a white lower middle class community. In fact, this impoverish town could be the perfect ground where prejudice could erupt, based on ignorance and how they perceive other people of different background and religion than theirs.It's a credit to the teachers and the young students that got involved in the project to come to the realization about the horrible fate the Jews suffered during a period of modern history that shouldn't have happened. By collecting paper clips, a Norwegian symbol about their opposition of the senseless killings, the children get an education about something most hadn't been exposed to.Elliot Berlin and Joe Fab deserve praise for bringing this uplifting documentary about tolerance and acceptance. Ultimately, the people of Whitwell, and especially the teachers that motivated their students to participate in the project are the clear winners for having gained knowledge about how to respect races and other cultures.