In honor of Black History Month, please join fellow Cornell University alumni and CBAA members at a showing of American Promise. American Promise is being showcased as part of the Pan African Film Festival running from Feb 6-17 in Los Angeles, CA.

We have 10 free tickets (first come, first served) for the 1:30pm showing this coming Saturday, Feb 15, 2014.

American Promise spans 13 years as Joe Brewster and Michèle Stephenson, middle-class African-American parents in Brooklyn, New York, 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, this provocative, intimate documentary presents complicated truths about America’s struggle to come of age on issues of race, class and opportunity. Winner, U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award, 2013 Sundance Film Festival.

RSVP: Deborah Arrindell (cornell79@icloud.com) no later than Thursday, Feb 13 2014. Instructions on how to pick up your tickets will be provided once your RSVP and availability is confirmed.