In the final minutes of the documentary "American Promise," winner of the Special Jury Prize at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, high school student Idris Brewster checks his University of California, Berkeley application, only to find out that he has not been accepted. Idris and I both applied to college the same year, we both struggled with exams and we both navigated through what may be one of the toughest periods of our lives. Still, the pressure Idris faced throughout his schooling was another level of intense.  Premieres on PBS tonight, Monday, February 3rd at 10pm, via the doc series "Pov," "American Promise" is a compelling and sometimes devastating film that follows African-American students Idris and Seun Summers through 13 years of their lives -- their school lives. Directed by Idris' parents, Joe Brewster and Michèle Stephenson, the film begins with the kids entering The Dalton School, one of the most prestigious private schools in the country,...