CHORUS FILMS and KIPP ATLANTA SCHOOLS Partner on Feature Documentary about Inaugural Class of Graduating Promise Scholars
KIPP Atlanta Schools and KIPP Atlanta Collegiate commissioned Chorus Films to create a feature-length documentary about their first class of Full Promise Scholars: students who started with the program in kindergarten and are now graduating high school and heading to college.
Shot over the course of 2025, the feature-length documentary follows all twenty-four graduating Promise Scholars through key moments of their senior year while telling the story of their early years with a program that was new and visionary. The film also features three unique deeper-dive stories built around three individual scholars, their teachers and their families.
In addition to interviewing all of the students individually, director Troy Bieser interviewed staff, faculty, families, and friends of the scholars. The result is a both heartwarming and inspirational film that shows the promise and potential of pouring love, courage, and character into kids from a young age. The ethos of centering education around the “whole child” by fostering a community and family that supports them shows up irrefutably on screen as these students share their memories and plans for the future.
The film premiered at Madison Yards AMC theatre on Friday, July 25th.
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Gabriel Bracy PRODUCERS: Meagan Massa and Taylor York EDITORS: Phil Olshanski and Troy Bieser
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: Jordan Pilgrim ADDITIONAL CINEMATOGRAPHY: Caleb White DIRECTED BY: Troy Bieser
