Eyes on the Prize : America's Civil Rights Years

Hampton, Henry, 1940-1998 (creator,, television producer,, interviewee.). Vecchione, Judith, (television producer,, television director.). Bagwell, Orlando, (television producer,, television director.). DeVinney, James A., (television producer,, television director,, screenwriter.). Crossley, Callie, (television producer,, television director,, screenwriter.). Else, Jon, 1944- (director of photography,, television producer.). Samels, Mark, (television producer.). Fayer, Steve, 1935- (screenwriter.). Bond, Julian, 1940-2015 (narrator.). Blackside, Inc. (Added Author). WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.) (Added Author). Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.) (Added Author). PBS Home Video. (Added Author).

Summary: 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.

Item details

ISBN: 9781608831067
ISBN: 160883106X
ISBN: 9786313427093
ISBN: 6313427092
Physical Description: videodisc
3 videodiscs (360 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Edition: Full screen.
Publisher: [United States] : PBS Distribution, [2010]
Copyright: ©2010
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Contents / Notes

General Note:	Originally broadcast in 1986 as a special presentation of The American experience. Special feature: Disc 1. Interview with Henry Hampton. Closed-captioned.
Formatted Contents Note:	Disc 1. Awakenings, 1954-1956 / produced and directed by Judith Vecchione ; Fighting back, 1957-1962 / produced and directed by Judith Vecchione -- Disc 2. Ain't scared of your jails, 1960-1961 / produced and directed by Orlando Bagwell ; No easy walk, 1961-1963 / produced, directed and written by James A. DeVinney, Callie Crossley -- Disc 3. Mississippi : Is this America? 1962-1964 / produced and directed by Orlando Bagwell ; Bridge to freedom, 1965 / produced, directed and written by Callie Crossley, James A. DeVinney.
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] ; theme music produced, arranged and performed by Bernice Johnson Reagon ; series title animation, Colossal Pictures ; 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.
Participant or Performer Note:	Narrated by Julian Bond.
Target Audience Note:	Rating: TV-PG.
System Details Note:	DVD.
Language Note:	Closed-captioned.