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Season 26 Episode 16 - American Promise
6.9 ?
1988
Documentary
American Promise spans 13 years as Joe Brewster and Michèle 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, this provocative, intimate documentary presents complicated truths about America's struggle to come of age on issues of race, class and opportunity
Episodes in Season 26
1
Homegoings
60 min
2
Special Flight
60 min
3
Herman's House
60 min
4
Only the Young
60 min
5
xoxosms
60 min
6
High Tech, Low Life
60 min
7
Neurotypical
60 min
8
The Law in These Parts
60 min
9
5 Broken Cameras
60 min
10
Ping Pong
60 min
11
The World Before Her
60 min
12
Best Kept Secret
60 min
13
Brooklyn Castle
60 min
14
56 Up
60 min
15
Listening Is an Act of Love: A StoryCorps Special
60 min
16
American Promise
60 min
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