Documentary
American Promise
"Success is Our Only Option"
User Score6 votes
67%6.7/10
Release2013→
Runtime2H 15M
LanguageEnglish
StatusReleased
Synopsis
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.
Principal Cast6
Idris Brewster
Self
Oluwaseun Summers
Self

Michèle Stephenson
Self

Joe Brewster
Self

Anthony Summers
Self
Stacey O. Summers
Self
Media2
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Joe Brewster
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Keywords
private schooleducationbiographycultural differenceracismwoman directoropportunity
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Countries:United States of America
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