Our America (2002)

The true story of two African-American teen radio reporters and their documentary investigation of a notorious child murder.

Director:

Ernest R. Dickerson (as Ernest Dickerson)

Writers:

LeAlan Jones (book), Lloyd Newman (book)

Stars:

Josh Charles, Brandon Hammond, Serena Lee

5 wins & 8 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Josh Charles	...	Dave Isay
Brandon Hammond	...	Lloyd "Boo" Newman
Serena Lee	...	Janelle Jones
Roderick Pannell	...	LeAlan Jones
Irma P. Hall	...	June Jones
Peter Paige	...	Gary Covino
Vanessa Williams	...	Sandra Williams (as Vanessa A. Williams)
Mykelti Williamson	...	Graham Ellis
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Rukiya Bernard	...	Sophie Newman
K.C. Collins	...	James (as Chris Collins)
Neil Crone	...	Paxton Wade
Jordan Duncan	...	Eric Morris
Jordan Francis	...	Derrick Morris
Maxine Guess	...	Mrs. Shaw
Darren John	...	Man telling jokes to homeless people

Storyline

Our America is the true story of two bright and ambitious Chicago teenagers who, living in one of the worst inner-city neighborhoods in the country, get a chance to become reporters for NPR. Their reporting becomes more compelling when they gather the courage to tell the truth about witnessing two of their peers throw a four-year-old out of a 14th story window.

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Plot Keywords:

reporter | radio | teenager | radio reporter | ghetto | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for language and some violent content

Details

Country:

Canada USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

12 March 2003 (Norway)

Also Known As:

El ghetto

Filming Locations:

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Come Sunday Productions, Paramount Pictures, Showtime Networks

Technical Specs

Runtime:

95 min

Color:

Black and White Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Quotes

LeAlan Jones: I live in the ghetto. I'm supposed to be a loser. I'm supposed to be snatching a purse and shooting your head off. I'm a person that doesn't vote. I'm the motherfucker that's supposed to fill your jails. I'm not supposed to be intelligent; I'm not supposed to know what I know, but I do. I've got an uncle and a cousin that are career criminals, no father, a mother who was pronounced mentally ill, and a grandmother that raised him and twenty kids, but I'll still make it. I know you don't want to ...

User Reviews

Extremely Boring!!!

For what ever it worth this movie/documentary is extremely boring from the beginning to the very end. The keep on ever going of using both black/white and color film that keep on switching is really annoying and very much unattractive.

The story is same old same old, talking about the bad black people neighborhood and tried to bring out the truth and tried to make us the viewer feel bad for them. At end (if you even watch it to the end) you will actually feel bad and asked one self "How did I managed to watch this entire film?"The film is sure not worth a watch cause it is damn boring.

Rating: 4/10