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Our America

Our America

2002TV Movie⏱️ 1h 35mR
Drama
6.9
IMDB Rating
310 votes

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

Director
Ernest Dickerson
Writers
LeAlan Jones, Lloyd Newman, David Isay
Stars
Josh Charles, Brandon Hammond, Serena Lee
Release Date
March 12, 2003
Language
English
Country
Canada, United States
🏆 5
Wins
🎯 8
Nominations
💬 10
Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

Josh Charles
Josh Charles
as Dave Isay
Brandon Hammond
Brandon Hammond
as Lloyd "Boo" Newman
👤
Serena Lee
as Janelle Jones
👤
Roderick Pannell
as LeAlan Jones
Irma P. Hall
Irma P. Hall
as June Jones
Peter Paige
Peter Paige
as Gary Covino
Vanessa Williams
Vanessa Williams
as Sandra Williams
Mykelti Williamson
Mykelti Williamson
as Graham Ellis
Rukiya Bernard
Rukiya Bernard
as Sophie Newman
K.C. Collins
K.C. Collins
as James

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.37 : 1
Color
Black and White
Filming Location
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Production
Come Sunday Productions, Paramount Pictures, Showtime Networks

🏷️ Keywords

reporterradioteenagerradio reporterghetto

🎯 Categories

Drama

⭐ Featured Review

Socially irresponsible redundant crap
by =G=2002-08-13
1/10

""Our America" tells of two black juvi's who are given recorders so they can do a radio documentary of their project/ghetto. An unfortunate but well intentioned flick, "OA" has nothing new to offer and appears to be a misguided attempt to expose the real truth behind the projects (drugs, gangs, crime, cockroaches, etc.) as if we haven't had our fill of ghetto flicks. What is worse, our heros play a game called "Knockout" which involves dropping rocks from a freeway overpass which everyone knows is as potentially lethal as the gangbangers shooting up the &..."

💡 Did You Know?

Brandon Hammond and Irma P. Hall played grandson and grandmother in the film Soul Food (1997), prior to this film.

📖 Synopsis

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