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Eyes on the prize [videorecording] : America's civil rights years / a production of Blackside ; creator and executive producer, Henry Hampton ; series writer, Steve Fayer ; series producer, Jon Else ; executive producer for American experience, Mark Samels ; WGBH Boston ; PBS.

America's civil rights years (portion title)

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., (production company.). WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.), (production company.). Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.), (broadcaster.). PBS Distribution (Firm), (publisher.).

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.

Record details

ISBN: 9781608831067
ISBN: 160883106X
Physical Description: 3 videodiscs (approximately 6 hours) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Edition: Full screen.
Publisher: [United States] : PBS Distribution, 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.
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, NTSC, region 1, full screen presentation, stereo.
Language Note:	English dialogue ; closed-captioned.