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American Promise

10/18/2013

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2hrs 15min

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Documentary

Success is Our Only Option

STORY

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.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Idris Brewster
  • Oluwaseun Summers
  • Michèle Stephenson
  • Joe Brewster
  • Anthony Summers

    Directors

  • Joe Brewster
  • Michèle Stephenson
  • Alfredo Alcantara

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

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

    Production Countries

  • United States of America

LANGUAGES

  • English

Cast

Idris Brewster

Self

Oluwaseun Summers

Self

Stacey O. Summers

Self

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