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American Promise (2013)
Directed by Joe Brewster, Michèle Stephenson
“Success is Our Only Option”
Documentary · 2h 15m
In 1999, filmmakers Joe Brewster and Michèle Stephenson turned the camera on themselves and began filming their five-year-old son, Idris, and his best friend, Seun, as they started kindergarten at the prestigious Dalton School just as the private institution was committing to diversify its student body. Their cameras continued to follow both families for another 12 years as the paths of the two boys diverged—one continued private school while the other pursued a very different route through the public education system.
Cast
Michèle Stephenson
Joe Brewster
Anthony Summers
Crew
- Director
- Joe Brewster, Michèle Stephenson
- Director of Photography
- Errol Webber, Alfredo Alcántara, Jon Stuyvesant, Margaret Byrne
- Original Music Composer
- Miriam Cutler
- Editor
- Mary Manhardt, Andrew Siwoff, Erin Casper
- Producer
- Joe Brewster, Michèle Stephenson
Details
- Release date
- 2013-10-18
- Runtime
- 2h 15m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- American Documentary, POV, Impact Partners, ITVS, Rada Studio