PBS - Eyes On The Prize: America's Civil Rights Movement 1954-1985 (2009)

Eyes on the Prize is an award-winning 14-hour television series produced by Blackside and narrated by Julian Bond. Through contemporary interviews and historical footage, the series covers all of the major events of the civil rights movement from 1954-1985.

Series topics range from the Montgomery bus boycott in 1954 to the Voting Rights Act in 1965; from community power in schools to "Black Power" in the streets; from early acts of individual courage through to the flowering of a mass movement and its eventual split into factions.

When Eyes on the Prize premiered in 1987, The Los Angeles Times called it "an exhaustive documentary that shouldn't be missed." The series went on to win six Emmys and numerous other awards, including an Academy Award nomination, the George Foster Peabody Award, and the top duPont-Columbia award for excellence in broadcast journalism.

Eyes on the Prize was created and executive produced by Henry Hampton (1940-1998), one of the most influential documentary filmmakers in the 20th century. His work chronicled America's great political and social movements and set new standards for broadcast quality. Blackside, the independent film and television company he founded in 1968, completed 60 major films and media projects that amplified the voices of the poor and disenfranchised. His enduring legacy continues to influence the field in the 21st century.

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Episodes:

The Supreme Court Declares Bus Segregation Unconstitutional
The 1960 Presidential Election The Desegregation of Interstate Travel
The Supreme Court Orders Ole Miss to Integrate (1962)
The March on Washington (1963)
The Civil Rights Act of 1964
The 1964 Presidential Election Lyndon Johnson's "We Shall Overcome" speech
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 The Kerner Commission Report (1968)
The 1968 Presidential Election The Attica Prison Riot (1971)
The National Black Political Convention (1972)
The Federal Court Order to Integrate Boston Schools
The Bakke Case and the Status of Affirmative Action in 1978









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