A gritty, provocative true-life story of three friends from the 'hood, Rameck Hunt, Sampson Davis, and George Jenkins, who made a pact in high school to find a way to go to college and then medical school. They not only accomplished this, but they're now spreading the word to inspire other inner-city kids to stay off of drugs, out of gangs and to take the educational route to a better life. THE PACT captures the pathos of the men's individual journeys, the integrity of their voices and the power of their rare friendship. Their stories affirm the values that ultimately sustained and drove them: courage, tenacity, and faith. And they give tribute to the life of the mind and its power to turn dreams into reality.
Acting
Bill Cosby's narration hits different knowing what we know now
Direction
Kalin refuses to sanitize the struggle for white comfort
Writing
The pact itself — three sentences that rebuilt three lives
Director
Andrea Kalin
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The Three Doctors became a movement: their foundation has sent hundreds of Newark kids to college. The documentary barely scratches their ongoing impact.
Their actual high school pact was written on loose-leaf paper and kept in Sampson's wallet for years — the prop department couldn't replicate that kind of authentic grime.
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