'' American Promise '' premiered at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival where it won the Special Jury Prize for Excellence in Filmmaking and was also part of the 2013 New York Film Festival 's Main Slate . '' American Promise '' has received the Full Frame Festival Grand Jury Prize , Hot Springs Film Festival Best Documentary , and the PUMA Britdoc Impact Award . Stephenson and her husband Joe Brewster were also honored with an NAACP Image Award for their companion book , Promises Kept : Raising Black Boys to Succeed in School and in Life
2013 Sundance Film Festival
2013 Sundance Film Festival
Michèle Stephenson