Our America
TV Movie

Our America

2002 · 95 minutes

Two teenage radio journalists from Chicago's South Side set out to document the realities of life and death in their community, uncovering a story that forces the nation to confront what it means to grow up Black in America. Based on the landmark NPR documentary series.

Director Ernest Dickerson

Brandon Hammond, Roderick Pannell, Wood Harris

Writer: Gordon Rayfield, based on the book by LeAlan Jones, Lloyd Newman & David Isay, Producer: Eda Godel Hallinan, DP: Ernest Dickerson, Editor: Stephen Lovejoy, Music: Patrice Rushen

Peabody Award