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By Nora Lee Mandel (401) for Film-Forward.com (768) on 17 Oct 2013

Raising and educating middle-class African-American boys is seen first-hand, cinema verité style, over 9 years in fitful, occasionally insightful,…

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By Godfrey Cheshire (178) for RogerEbert.com (5,563) on 17 Oct 2013

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…

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By Farran Smith Nehme (295) for New York Post (6,650) on 17 Oct 2013

It’s a baggy movie, with some things (such as whether Idris taking Ritalin in high school improved his performance) unexplained, and it may…

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By Manohla Dargis (1,909) for New York Times (5,786) on 16 Oct 2013

Race is raised as a possible reason for Idris’s and Seun’s problems, and then other potential determinants (a learning disorder, illness)…

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By Ben Kenigsberg (863) for AV Club (2,778) on 16 Oct 2013

Ultimately, American Promise seems split between a personal perspective and a broader one…

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By Mike D'angelo (730) for The Dissolve (1,478) on 14 Oct 2013

American Promise, shot over a period of 13 years, is by no means a wasted effort…

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By David Fear (910) for Time Out (7,510) on 14 Oct 2013

While Stephenson and Brewster’s big-picture attempt to tackle a sociopolitical issue from the most personal of perspectives lacks the state-of-the-nation…

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By Kevin Jagernauth (311) for The Playlist (3,871) on 04 Oct 2013

The documentary is often fascinating, even as it eschews any kind of traditional narrative…

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By Harvey S. Karten (2,210) for Compuserve (1,948) on 17 Sep 2013

A fourteen-year, untiring project that captures the joys and disappointments of two African-American youngsters who try to fit into the culture…

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By Ela Bittencourt (29) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 14 Sep 2013

The documentary's lack of a cohesive thesis may frustrate at times, but its power lies in its exposition of the mundane…

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