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.

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, t...

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Uniform Title:	Rovi Media Collection. Movies. Rovi K-12 education materials.
Corporate Authors:	Video Verité (Firm) Docurama (Firm) New Video Group
Other Authors:	Raymond, Alan Raymond, Susan Burney, Deanna
Language:	English
Language and/or Writing System:	English audio.
Published:	[New York] : DocuRama : Distributed by New Video, [2005]
Series:	Rovi Media Collection. Movies. Rovi K-12 education materials.
Subjects:	M. Hall Stanton Public School (Philadelphia, Pa.) School children > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia. Elementary school principals > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia. Urban schools > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia. Documentary > Feature. Documentary films. Nonfiction films. Feature films. Elementary school principals. School children. Urban schools. Pennsylvania > Philadelphia.
Genre:	Documentary Documentary films. Nonfiction films. Feature films. Feature.
Physical Description:	1 videodisc (approximately 90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:	Video DVD

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