I am a promise : the children of Stanton Elementary School / Video Verité presents a film by Alan Raymond and Susan Raymond ; produced by Alan Raymond and Susan Raymond ; directed and reported by Susan Raymond.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Raymond, Alan, producer.

Raymond, Susan, producer, director, reporter.

Burney, Deanna, interviewee.

Video Verité (Firm), producer.

Docurama (Firm), distributor.

New Video Group, distributor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

M. Hall Stanton Public School (Philadelphia, Pa.).

School children--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Elementary school principals--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Urban schools--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Urban schools.

Elementary school principals.

School children.

Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Video recordings.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (approximately 90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

polychrome

Place of Publication:

[New York] : DocuRama : Distributed by New Video, [2005]

System Details:

DVD; Region 1; Dolby Digital stereo.

digital

optical

stereo

Dolby

video file

DVD video

region 1

Summary:

Paints a poignantly captivating, unflinching, and relevant 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 devoted and determined viewpoint of principal Deanna Burney, this shows Stanton as grossly underfunded, understaffed, and filled with children struggling to overcome their difficulties. However, for these at-risk kids growing up outside the American dream, the only hope for their future survives in the success of their eduction.

Participant:

Interviews with Deanna Burney and the families and children of the Stanton Elementary School.

Credits:

Director of photography, Alan Raymond ; editor, Alan Raymond.

ISBN:

0767077660

OCLC:

57335291

Publisher Number:

767685969731

NVG-9697 DocuRama