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Spans thirteen years as Joe Brewster and Michele Stephenson, middle-class African-American parents in Brooklyn, N.Y., turn their cameras on their son, Idris, and his best friend, Seun, who make their way through one of the most prestigious private schools in the country. Chronicling the boys' d...

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Corporate Author: Cinedigm (Firm)
Other Authors: Brewster, Idris (interviewee (expression)), Summers, Oluwaseun (interviewee (expression))
Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:In English; closed-captioned.
Published: [San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2020.
Cinedigm, 2013.
Subjects:
Summers, Oluwaseun.
Brewster, Idris.
Dalton School (New York, N.Y.)
African American boys > New York (State) > New York > Social conditions.
African Americans.
Documentary films.
Ethnicity.
Nonfiction films.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Kanopy)
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Summary:Spans thirteen years as Joe Brewster and Michele Stephenson, middle-class African-American parents in Brooklyn, N.Y., turn their cameras on their son, Idris, and his best friend, Seun, who make their way through one of the most prestigious private schools in the country. Chronicling the boys' divergent paths from kindergarten through high school graduation at Manhattan's Dalton School.
Item Description:Title from title frames.
Physical Description:1 online resource (streaming video file) (134 min.) : flv file, sound
Production Credits:Editors, Erin Casper, Mary Manhardt, Andrew Siwoff ; original score by Miriam Cutler.