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American Promise

American Promise

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Status

Released

Release Date

Oct 18, 2013

Runtime

2h 15m

Genres

Documentary

User Score

67%

Original Title

American Promise

Production Companies

American Documentary, POV, Impact Partners, ITVS, Rada Studio

Director

Joe Brewster

Description

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.