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An online social screening of American Promise

The filmmakers and subject Idris of American Promise joined America's Promise Alliance and Big Brothers Big Sisters for a live OVEE screening with viewers on Tuesday, February 4, 2014.

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Not only provides illuminating insights into racial and cultural issues, but explores family dynamics common to all.

— Peter Keough, The Boston Globe

While they didn't set out to make a film about what newspaper columnists refer to as the 'black male achievement gap,' Brewster and Stephenson have done just that, and it's hard to imagine a more penetrating and powerful one.

— Godfrey Cheshire, RogerEbert.com

In his State of the Union address this week, President Barack Obama spoke about making the American Dream possible for everyone. He noted that minorities still face challenges that other Americans do not. The documentary American Promise explores race, class and opportunity in America...Tough...heartbreaking.

— Anne-Marie Green, CBS News "Up to the Minute"