Our America (2002)
Life And Death on the South Side of Chicago
The true story of two African-American teen radio reporters and their documentary investigation of a notorious child murder.
- Date of release
- 2002-07-28
- TMDB
- 8.0 / 10 (3)
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Genres
- Drama, TV Movie
- Director
- Ernest R. Dickerson
Casting
- 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
- Mykelti Williamson — Graham Ellis
- Rukiya Bernard — Sophie Newman
- Jordan Duncan — Eric Morris
- Jordan Francis — Derrick Morris
- Maxine Guess — Mrs. Shaw
Interesting facts
Our America is a film based on the book by LeAlan Jones and Lloyd Newman, Our America: Life And Death on the South Side of Chicago that tells the story of the first 4 years of Ghetto Life 101, an Award Winning NPR Documentary Series of real life stories in South Side, Chicago, they created.
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