American Promise explores the complex interplay between race, class, gender in educational opportunity. Over the course of 13 years, this 80-minute abridged documentary chronicles the experiences of two middle-class African-American parents in Brooklyn, N.Y., and their sons who are enrolled in Dalton, a prestigious private school. Detailing the boys' divergent paths from kindergarten through high school graduation, this provocative, intimate documentary presents complicated truths about America's struggle to come of age on issues of race, class and opportunity.

Following the viewing will be an interactive panel discussion on race, ethnicity, and educational equity, featuring:

• Na'ilah Nasir, University of California, Berkeley, Professor of African American Studies and Education
• Warren Simmons, Brown University, Director of the Annenberg Institute for School Reform
• Tricia Rose, Brown University, Director of CSREA
• Amy Stuart Wells, Columbia University, Professor of Sociology and Education 

A CSREA Group Research Grant Event.