Eyes on the prize [videorecording] : America's civil rights years, 1954-1965 / a production of Blackside ; creator and executive producer, Henry Hampton ; series writer, Steve Fayer ; series producer, Jon Else ; WGBH Boston ; PBS.
The definitive story of the Civil Rights era from the point of view of the ordinary men and women whose extraordinary actions launched a movement that changed the fabric of American life, and embodied a struggle whose reverberations are felt today.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781608831067
- Physical Description: 3 videodiscs (360 minutes) : sound, colour and black and white ; 4 3/4 inches.
- Publisher: United States : PBS Home Video, [2010]
- Copyright: ©1986
Content descriptions
General Note: | Originally broadcast in 1986 as a special presentation of The American experience. Special feature: Disc 1. Interview with Henry Hampton. Title from container. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Disc 1. Awakenings, 1954-1956 -- Fighting back, 1957-1962. Disc 2. Ain't scared of your jails, 1960-1961 -- No easy walk, 1961-1963. Disc 3. Mississippi : Is this America? 1962-1964 -- Bridge to freedom, 1965. |
Creation/Production Credits Note: | Associate producers, Llewellyn M. Smith, Prudence Arndt ; edited by Daniel Eisenberg, Jeanne Jordan, Charles Scott ; senior researcher, Laurie Kahn-Leavitt ; camera, Jon Else ... [and others] ; academic advisors, Wiley Branton, Clayborne Carson, John Dittmer, Tony Freyer, David Garrow, Paul Gaston, Vincent Harding, Darlene Clark Hine, Steve Lawson, Genna Rae McNeil, Aldon Morris, J. Mills Thornton, Howard Zinn ; theme music produced, arranged and performed by Bernice Johnson Reagan ; series title animation, Colossal Pictures. |
Participant or Performer Note: | Narrated by Julian Bond. |
Target Audience Note: | E. |
System Details Note: | DVD ; NTSC, region 1; full screen presentation ; stereophonic. |
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note: | For private home use only. |
Language Note: | Audio track in English, captions in English. |
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