I Am a Promise: The Children of Stanton Elementary School
1993, English. Directed by Alan Raymond & Susan Raymond.
An unflinching verité portrait of the children of Stanton Elementary School in North Philadelphia, an inner-city neighborhood where 90% of the students live below the poverty line. Seen through the viewpoint of devoted principal Deanna Burney, the film shows Stanton as grossly underfunded, understaffed, and filled with children struggling to overcome their difficulties. But for these at-risk kids, however, the hope for their future survives only in the success of their education. A captivating series of vignettes concerning children growing up outside the American dream, echoing current “hot-button” issues in our country’s ongoing political discussion.
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- 1h 29m
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- English
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If you liked I Am a Promise: The Children of Stanton Elementary School, try Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction, Beyoncé: Life Is But a Dream, In the Realms of the Unreal.
Who directed I Am a Promise: The Children of Stanton Elementary School?
I Am a Promise: The Children of Stanton Elementary School (1993) was directed by Alan Raymond and Susan Raymond and stars Susan Raymond, Deanna Burney.