I Am a Promise: The Children of Stanton Elementary School (1993)

Directed by

Susan Raymond

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 6 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary follows students and staff at a struggling inner city elementary school in Philadelphia. It shows the challenges they face in their daily lives and education.

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What happens

I Am a Promise: The Children of Stanton Elementary School is a 1993 American documentary film about the pupils at Stanton Elementary School, an inner city school in Philadelphia. It was aired on HBO as part of its America Undercover series. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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