American Promise (2013)

Success is Our Only Option

Directed by Joe Brewster2h 15mDocumentary

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.

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12
Year
2013
Country
US
Language
English
Release date
18 October 2013
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Idris Brewster
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Oluwaseun Summers
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Michèle Stephenson
Michèle Stephenson
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Joe Brewster
Joe Brewster
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Anthony Summers
Anthony Summers
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Stacey O. Summers
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