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American Promise (2013)

Oct 18, 2013 Documentary 2h 15m
User Score
67%
6 votes
Internet Movie Database
72%
Rotten Tomatoes
72%
Metacritic
6700%

Success is Our Only Option

Overview

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.

Joe Brewster
Director
Michèle Stephenson
Director

Top Billed Cast

Idris Brewster
Idris Brewster

Self
Oluwaseun Summers
Oluwaseun Summers

Self
Michèle Stephenson
Michèle Stephenson

Self
Joe Brewster
Joe Brewster

Self
Anthony Summers
Anthony Summers

Self
Stacey O. Summers
Stacey O. Summers

Self

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