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American Promise (2013)

American Promise (2013)

Documentary

Success is Our Only Option

Release Date: 2013, October 18
Directors: Joe Brewster, Michèle Stephenson
Countries: United States of America
Production: American Documentary, POV, Impact Partners, ITVS, Rada Studio
Cast: Idris Brewster, Oluwaseun Summers, Stacey O. Summers

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.

Keywords:

biography woman director racism education private school opportunity cultural difference