In 1999, filmmakers Joe Brewster and Michèle Stephenson turned the camera on themselves and began filming their five-year-old son, Idris, and his best friend, Seun, as they started kindergarten at the prestigious Dalton School just as the private institution was committing to diversify its student body. Their cameras continued to follow both families for another 12 years as the paths of the two boys diverged—one continued private school while the other pursued a very different route through the public education system.
Is American Promise on Netflix? Unfortunately the movie American Promise is not yet available on Netflix.
| Directing | Joe Brewster | Director |
| Directing | Michèle Stephenson | Director |
| Editing | Mary Manhardt | Editor |
| Editing | Andrew Siwoff | Editor |
| Editing | Erin Casper | Editor |
| Sound | Miriam Cutler | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Dan Cogan | Co-Executive Producer |
| Production | Simon Kilmurry | Executive Producer |
| Production | Cynthia Lopez | Executive Producer |
| Production | Joe Brewster | Producer |
| Production | Michèle Stephenson | Producer |
| Sound | Eric Milano | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Editing | Geeta Gandbhir | Additional Editor |
| Camera | Errol Webber | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Alfredo Alcántara | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Jon Stuyvesant | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Margaret Byrne | Director of Photography |
