Our America

Our America
Based onOur America: Life And Death on the South Side of Chicago
by LeAlan Jones, Lloyd Newman, and David Isay
Written byGordon Rayfield
Directed byErnest Dickerson
Music byPatrice Rushen
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
ProducerEda Godel Hallinan
CinematographyErnest Dickerson
EditorStephen Lovejoy
Running time95
Production companyCome Sunday Productions
Original release
NetworkShowtime
ReleaseJuly 28, 2002 (2002-07-28)

Our America is a film 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.

The film is Dedicated to Eric Morse, a 5 Year-Old Boy who was murdered 8 Years earlier in 1994 in the Ida B. Wells Homes Housing Projects