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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.[1][2] It was aired on HBO as part of its America Undercover series.[3]

I Am a Promise
Directed by	Susan Raymond
Produced by	Alan Raymond Susan Raymond
Cinematography	Alan Raymond
Music by	Tom Verlaine
Production company	Video Verite Films
Distributed by	HBO
Release date	1993 (1993)
Running time	88 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Accolades

The film won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature[4] for producers[5] Alan and Susan Raymond.[6] It also was the recipient of the Primetime Emmy Award for Best Informational Special and a 1995 Alfred I. duPont–Columbia University Award[7][8]

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

References

External links

• I Am a Promise: The Children of Stanton Elementary School at IMDb
• I Am a Promise: The Children of Stanton Elementary School at Video Verite Films
• Peabody Award acceptance speech

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