American Promise
American Promise

American Promise

6.7

2 hr 15 min

2013-10-18

6

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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Idris Brewster

Idris Brewster

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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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