I Am a Promise: The Children of Stanton Elementary School (1993)
90 mins | Documentary | 1 October 1993
Director:
Susan RaymondProducers:
Alan Raymond, Susan RaymondCinematographer:
Alan RaymondEditor:
Alan RaymondProduction Company:
Verité Films ProductionsThe version viewed for this record bears both 1993 and 2004 copyright notices, and may differ from the version first released in 1993.
The film screened from 1-7 Oct 1993 at the Esquire Theatre in Los Angeles, CA, prior to airing as part of the HBO cable television documentary series, America Undercover, on 11 Oct 1993.
The film opens with titles and voice-over narration, stating: "Stanton Elementary School is located in North Philadelphia, a troubled inner-city neighborhood. Stanton is designated a Chapter One School which receives Federal funds to help educate disadvantaged poor children who test below national norms in reading and math. All of the students are African-American boys and girls between the ages of four and ten. At Stanton, over 90% of the children come from single-parent homes and live in poverty. This documentary was filmed over a one year period of time."
End credits offer: "Special thanks to the Families and Children of the Stanton Elementary School."
The film received the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film for the year 1993, and a Peabody Award, as stated in 4 Apr 1994 DV and HR news items. ...
The version viewed for this record bears both 1993 and 2004 copyright notices, and may differ from the version first released in 1993.
The film screened from 1-7 Oct 1993 at the Esquire Theatre in Los Angeles, CA, prior to airing as part of the HBO cable television documentary series, America Undercover, on 11 Oct 1993.
The film opens with titles and voice-over narration, stating: "Stanton Elementary School is located in North Philadelphia, a troubled inner-city neighborhood. Stanton is designated a Chapter One School which receives Federal funds to help educate disadvantaged poor children who test below national norms in reading and math. All of the students are African-American boys and girls between the ages of four and ten. At Stanton, over 90% of the children come from single-parent homes and live in poverty. This documentary was filmed over a one year period of time."
End credits offer: "Special thanks to the Families and Children of the Stanton Elementary School."
The film received the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film for the year 1993, and a Peabody Award, as stated in 4 Apr 1994 DV and HR news items.
The children of Stanton Elementary School in North Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, an impoverished inner-city neighborhood, are documented over the course of a year. At the end of that year, the school's principal, Deanna Burney, resigns over lack of support for Stanton from the school ...
The children of Stanton Elementary School in North Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, an impoverished inner-city neighborhood, are documented over the course of a year. At the end of that year, the school's principal, Deanna Burney, resigns over lack of support for Stanton from the school district.
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