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American promise
Title
American promise / Rada Film Group presents ; a film by Joe Brewster and Michèle Stephenson ; produced and directed by Joe Brewster and Michèle Stephenson.
Publication
[New York] : Docurama : Cinedigm, [2014]
Copyright Notice Date
©2014
Physical Description
1 videodisc (approximately 135 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Notes
Originally released as a motion picture in 2013.
Bonus features include an education in equality, making the promise, American promise: the campaign, negotiating the camera, deleted scenes.
Editors, Erin Casper, Mary Manhardt, Andrew Siwoff ; original score by Miriam Cutler.
In English; closed-captioned in English.
Summary
Spans thirteen years as Joe Brewster and Michele Stephenson, middle-class African-American parents in Brooklyn, N.Y., turn their cameras on their son, Idris, and his best friend, Seun, who make their way through one of the most prestigious private schools in the country. Chronicling the boys' divergent paths from kindergarten through high school graduation at Manhattan's Dalton School.
Variant and related titles
Subtitle on container: Thirteen years in the making
Format
Images / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
March 27, 2018
Credits
Editors, Erin Casper, Mary Manhardt, Andrew Siwoff ; original score by Miriam Cutler.
Performers
Oluwaseun Summers, Idris Brewster.
System details note
DVD, NTSC, widescreen; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround.
Audience
Rating: Not rated.
Videorecording number
88152918000 Docurama
Subjects
Genre/Form
Documentary films.
Educational films.
Biographical films.
Nonfiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Also listed under
Rada Film (Firm), production company.
Docurama (Firm), publisher.
Cinedigm (Firm), publisher.
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