In 1999, filmmakers Joe Brewster and Michèle Stephenson turned the camera on themselves and began filming their five-year-old son, Idris, and his best friend, Seun, as they started kindergarten at the prestigious Dalton School just as the private institution was committing to diversify its student body. Their cameras continued to follow both families for another 12 years as the paths of the two boys diverged—one continued private school while the other pursued a very different route through the public education system.
American Promise has generally received positive reviews.
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American Promise was released in 2013 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 30 reviews, giving American Promise (2013) an average rating of 69%.
Overall, cinema-goers prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 87%, compared to film critics, who gave it a lower average score of 69%. Amateur reviewers were more impressed with American Promise than critics were.
With a score of 69%, American Promise is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 2013, which stands at 58%.
Other movies from 2013 with similar scores include films like Iron Man 3, The Book Thief and Trance.
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