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Our America

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Our America
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R,1hr 35min
Genre:
Drama
Released:
January 1, 2002
Director:
Ernest R. Dickerson
Distributor:
Paramount
Starring:
Josh Charles, Vanessa A. Williams, Roderick Pannell  ...more
Synopsis: Our America is the story of LeAlan Jones and Lloyd Newman two inner-city Chicago teenagers who eloquently distilled their lives on the Mean Streets into an award-winning Public Radio documentary (and later, a book) titled Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago. When a local NPR broadcaster conducts a search for "two young, intelligent African Americans to be on the radio", Jones (played by Roderick Pannell) and Newman (Brandon Hammond) smooth-talk their way into the offices of radio ... Full Synopsis
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Derek Armstrong, AMG Review
Early on, Our America seems headed toward depicting misery in the projects at arm's length -- possibly making it guilty of the same "ghetto tourism" NPR journalist David Isay (Josh Charles) gets accused of during the story. There's token grit and danger, but the viewer senses the filmmakers might softball it by characterizing the two leads as saints, rather than flawed byproducts of their environment. ... Full Review
Featured Cast
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Josh Charles
David Isay
Vanessa A. Williams
Sandra Williams
Roderick Pannell
LeAlan Jones
Brandon Hammond
Lloyd Newman
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