The
United States Public Broadcasting Service's POV series is streaming
American Promise online through November 8, 2014. A February 2014 interview with the film's producer and director,
Michèle Stephenson (
Twitter) updates the 2004 film. A companion book to the film is
Promises Kept: Raising Black Boys to Succeed in School and in Life by Joe Brewster and Michèle Stephenson with Hilary Beard. The film has
an official website.
I haven't yet watched the movie or read the book.