Award-Winning Film "American Promise"

American Promise spans 13 years as Joe Brewster and Michele Stephenson, middle-class African-American parents in Brooklyn, NY, 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. Childhood friends, Seun & Idris Chronicling the boys' divergent paths from kindergarten through high school graduation at Manhattan's Dalton School, this provocative, intimate documentary presents complicated truths about America's struggle to come of age on issues of race, class, and opportunity. An Official Selection of the 2013 Sundance Film Festival and winner of the Grand Jury Award at the 2013 Full Frame Documentary Film Festival. A Co-production of Rada Film Group, ITVS, and POV's Diverse Voices Project. Part of American Graduate: Let's Make It Happen, made possible by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB).