《我是承诺 I Am a Promise》（1993）

我是承诺 I Am a Promise: The Children of Stanton Elementary School (1993)

导演: Alan Raymond / Susan Raymond

主演: Susan Raymond / Deanna Burney

类型: 纪录片

制片国家/地区: 美国

语言: 英语

上映日期: 1994-11-04

片长: 89分钟

IMDb链接: tt0107177

我是一个承诺：斯坦顿小学的孩子们是一部1993年的纪录片，讲述费城内城学校斯坦顿小学的学生。它是HBO播出的《美国机密》系列的一部分。这部影片为制片人艾伦（Alan）和苏珊·雷蒙德（Susan Raymond）赢得了奥斯卡最佳纪录片奖。丈夫和妻子的记录员也是电影的摄影师和编辑，以及导演和叙述者。

I am a Promise: The Children of Stanton Elementary School Winner of the Academy Award® for Best Documentary and widely celebrated as an HBO premiere, I AM A PROMISE has been applauded by The New York Times as a "strong documentary... unsparing yet tender."

Directed by the innovative, award-winning team of Alan and Susan Raymond ("An American Family"), 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 future survives only in the success of their education.

Astoundingly relevant today, I AM A PROMISE imparts a poignantly captivating series of vignettes concerning children growing up outside the American dream, echoing current urban-education issues in our country's ongoing political discussion.