Eyes on the Prize
| Eyes on the Prize | |
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| Also known as | Eyes on the Prize I Eyes on the Prize II |
| Genre | Documentary |
| Based on | Civil Rights Movement |
| Narrated by | Julian Bond |
| Opening theme | "Keep Your Eyes on the Prize" |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 14 |
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| Executive producer(s) | Henry Hampton |
| Producer(s) | Judith Vecchione Jon Else |
| Location(s) | United States |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
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| Original network | Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) |
| Picture format | Black-and-white |
| Original release | January 21, 1987 – March 5, 1990 |
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| Blackside, Inc. | |
Eyes on the Prize is an American television series and 14-part documentary about the Civil Rights Movement in the United States. The documentary originally aired on the PBS network and also aired in the United Kingdom on BBC2. Created and executive-produced by Henry Hampton at the film production company Blackside and narrated by Julian Bond. The series uses archival footage, stills and interviews of participants and opponents of the movement. The title of the series is derived from the folk song "Keep Your Eyes on the Prize," which is used in each episode as the opening theme music.
A total of 14 episodes of Eyes on the Prize were produced over two seasons. The first season, Eyes on the Prize: America's Civil Rights Years 1954–1965, chronicles the time period between the United States Supreme Court ruling Brown v. Board of Education (1954) to the Selma to Montgomery marches of 1965. The first season consists of six episodes, which premiered on January 21, 1987 and concluded on February 25, 1987. The second season, Eyes on the Prize II: America at the Racial Crossroads 1965–1985, chronicles the time period between the national emergence of Malcolm X during 1964 to the 1983 election of Harold Washington as the first African-American mayor of Chicago. The second season consists of eight episodes, which aired on January 15, 1990 and ended on March 5, 1990, and was made widely available to educators on VHS tape. All 14 hours were re-released on DVD in 2006 by PBS.
The film originated as two sequential projects. Part one, six hours long, was shown on PBS in early 1987 as Eyes on the Prize: America's Civil Rights Years (1954–1965). Eight more hours were broadcast in 1990 as Eyes on the Prize II: America at the Racial Crossroads (1965–1985).
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