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I Am a Promise: The Children of Stanton Elementary School

1993

Documentary

Documentary I AM A PROMISE paints an unflinching verité portrait of the children of Stanton Elementary School in North Philadelphia, an inner-city neighborhood where 90% of the students live below the poverty line. As seen through the viewpoint of devoted principal Deanna Burney, the film shows Stanton as underfunded, understaffed, and filled with children struggling to overcome their difficulties. For these at-risk kids, the only hope for their ... [+]

I Am a Promise: The Children of Stanton Elementary School

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