American Promise

2013 · M · Lifestyle

Masterfully told with pointy precision, AMERICAN PROMISE spans 12 years in the lives of two middle class black families as they navigate their family experience when they choose to send their two young sons to a prestigious Manhattan private school.

Directed by: Joe Brewster & Michèle Stephenson

Featuring: Joe Brewster, Idris Brewster, Oluwaseun Summers, Michèle Stephenson, Anthony Summers & Stacey O. Summers

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