I Am a Promise: The Children of Stanton Elementary School
| Movie | |
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| Original title | I Am a Promise: The Children of Stanton Elementary School |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1993 |
| length | 60 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Susan Raymond |
| production | Susan Raymond Alan Raymond |
| music | Tom Verlaine |
| camera | Alan Raymond |
| cut | Alan Raymond |
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I Am a Promise: The Children of Stanton Elementary School is a 1993 American documentary film directed by Susan Raymond , a documentary filmmaker . The film about an elementary school in Philadelphia won an Oscar for " Best Documentary " in 1994.
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Susan Raymond followed the students and teachers at Stanton Elementary School in north Philadelphia for a year on camera. The majority of the students are of African American descent, between five and ten years old, and almost all of them live below the poverty line . Teachers and staff strive to create a safe, reliable place for the children to learn. Hope for an improvement in the overall situation brings the new director position with a hands-on, very motivated teacher. But even the new director cannot fix all the grievances at once and reluctantly has to cut corners in some situations.
continuation
15 years after I Am a Promise , Susan and Alan Raymond were shooting at a school again, this time at a high school in Baltimore . This resulted in the documentary Hard Times at Douglass High: A No Child Left Behind Report Card , which continues the story from 1993 and shows that in 15 years there has not been much improved for poor African American children in America. The title of the sequel refers to George W. Bush's No Child Left Behind Act , an education law that is not undisputed in the United States.
Awards
At the 1994 Academy Awards , Susan and Alan Raymond won the Academy Award for Best Documentary. At the Emmy Awards in 1994, the film was awarded the Emmy for “Outstanding Informational Special”.
Web links
- I Am a Promise: The Children of Stanton Elementary School in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- I Am a Promise on the New York Times home page
- I Am a Promise on docurama.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ Interview with Susan and Alan Raymond ( Memento of the original from October 24, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on hbo.com, accessed January 11, 2012.
- ↑ Susan Raymond on emmys.com, accessed January 11, 2012.
