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.TV GuideWorldCat It was aired on HBO as part of its America Undercover series.EW.com
Accolades The film won the Academy Award for Best Documentary FeatureDocumentary Short Subject and Feature Winners in 1994 - Oscars on YouTube for producers1994|Oscars.org Alan and Susan Raymond. It also was the recipient of the Primetime Emmy Award for Best Informational Special and a 1995 Alfred I. duPont–Columbia University AwardPaley Center
Production The husband and wife documentarians were also the cinematographer and editor (Alan) as well as director and narrator (Susan) for the film.
See also The Police Tapes (1977) The War Room - D.A. Pennebaker documentary nominated alongside I Am a Promise for same Oscar category
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External links
I Am a Promise: The Children of Stanton Elementary School at Video Verite Films Peabody Award acceptance speech