Our America
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For the OWN documentary television series, see Our America with Lisa Ling
Our America is an award-winning movie based on the book Our America: Life And Death On The South Side Of Chicago.
It premiered at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival
and aired on American television later that year.
Our America with Lisa Ling
Our America with Lisa Ling is an American documentary television series. Each episode examines an aspect of American society that may be viewed as marginal or outside the mainstream...
Our America is an award-winning movie based on the book Our America: Life And Death On The South Side Of Chicago.
It premiered at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival
Sundance Film Festival
The Sundance Film Festival is a film festival that takes place annually in Utah, in the United States. It is the largest independent cinema festival in the United States. Held in January in Park City, Salt Lake City, and Ogden, as well as at the Sundance Resort, the festival is a showcase for new...
and aired on American television later that year.
Cast
- Josh Charles ... Dave Isay ;
- Brandon HammondBrandon HammondBrandon Hammond is an American former child actor who appeared in a string of high profile projects in the 1990s.Hammond's first film role was in Menace II Society where he played the younger version of the main character Caine...
... Lloyd "Boo" Newman - Serena Lee ... Janelle Jones
- Roderick Pannell ... LeAlan Jones
- Irma P. HallIrma P. HallIrma P. Hall is an African American actress who has appeared in numerous films and television shows since the 1970s. She is best known for playing matriarchal figures the films A Family Thing, Soul Food and The Ladykillers....
... June Jones - Peter PaigePeter PaigePeter Paige is an American actor, director, and screenwriter. His debut as director and writer was on the film Say Uncle.-Biography:Paige was born in West Hartford, Connecticut...
... Gary Covino - Vanessa WilliamsVanessa A. WilliamsVanessa A. Williams is an American actress who has appeared in several television series such as Melrose Place and the Showtime cable television series Soul Food. In 1996, she was featured in the television series Murder One...
... Sandra Williams - Mykelti WilliamsonMykelti WilliamsonMichael T. "Mykelti" Williamson is an American actor best known for his role as Benjamin Buford Blue in the 1994 film Forrest Gump, as Detective Bobby "Fearless" Smith in the critically acclaimed but commercially unsuccessful crime drama Boomtown, and recently for appearing as the head of CTU for...
... Graham Ellis - Rukiya Bernard ... Sophie Newman
- K.C. Collins ... James
- Neil CroneNeil CroneNeil Crone is a Canadian voice actor and comedian who does the voices of Gordon the Big Engine, Splatter and Diesel 10 from the film Thomas and the Magic Railroad. He does Phillip the Concierge in the My Secret Identity episode "Sour Grapes"...
... Paxton Wade - Jordan Duncan ... Eric Morris
- Jordan FrancisJordan FrancisJordan 'J-Man' Francis is a Canadian singer, dancer, actor and choreographer.- Film :- TV :-External links:* http://www.youtube.com/user/projam - Official YouTube Channel...
... Derrick Morris - Maxine Guess ... Mrs. Shaw
- Gene Mack ... Stick Newman