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Eyes on the Prize (PBS Mini Series Boxed Set) 
Actors : James Farmer, Martin Luther King, Adam Clayton Powell Jr., Myrlie Evers, James Bevel
Director : Henry Hampton
Studio : Pbs Home Video
by Pbs Home Video
Release Date : 1999-01-12
Publisher : Pbs Home Video
Availability : Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Number of Items : 7
EAN : 9786303674995
UPC : 794054542431
Avg. Customer Rating: (based on 24 reviews)
List Price : $149.98
Our Price : $265.00
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Eyes on the Prize, the most comprehensive television documentary on the American civil rights movement ever produced, includes rare film footage and incisive present-day interviews to bring the events of this period to life. Two events of the mid-'50s propel the movement into the headlines: the Mississippi lynching of 14-year-old Emmett Till, and the Montgomery, Alabama bus boycott, inspired by Rosa Parks' refusal to give up her seat to a white man. Walk with hundreds of thousands of protesters to the triumphant 1963 March on Washington. By the mid-'60s, Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. confronts the powerful political machinery of Chicago's Mayer Richard Daley. As America enters the turbulent '70s, African Americans begin celebrating their own culture. |
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One of the essential documentary series from 20th-century television, Eyes on the Prize is an extraordinary, grassroots history of the civil rights movement in 1950s and '60s America. Leaving punditry and debate to others, this six-hour program concerns itself with the individuals who were there, who participated on the front lines, who witnessed and survived to tell about the crusade's tragedies and victories. Starting with a pair of mid-'50s heroic actions in the South that helped galvanize black and white activism against institutional racism (actions that included Rosa Parks's refusal to give up her bus seat to a white passenger in Montgomery, Alabama), the series winds its way through the exponential growth of the movement to the passage of the Voting Rights Act and beyond. The epochal battle between states-rights advocates and federal authorities is well-covered, as are the many sacrifices made and enormous risks taken by Mississippi Freedom Riders and advocates of black voter registration. Also in this boxed set is the series' sequel, Eyes on the Prize II: America at the Racial Crossroads 1965-mid 1980s. An equally stirring, eight-hour history of the post-civil-rights years, in which hard-won political power manifested itself both inside and outside elected government offices, this follow-up traces the fracturing of a unified civil rights community into numerous missions and agendas. Driven by interviews and archival footage, the series takes a clear look at such historical chapters as the rise of black separatism, the election of Carl Stokes to Cleveland's Office of the Mayor, and the turmoil of school desegregation. Both the original series and sequel are an absolute must for a contemporary understanding of racism in America. --Tom Keogh |
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Excellent Documentary of the Civil Rights Movement |
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"Eyes on the Prize" is an excellent contemporary history of the civil rights movement from 1954 to 1965, and is "must viewing" for anyone who wishes to gain a proper understanding of that difficult time in our history. Although it is presented from the perspective of the civil rights movement, it is reasonably fair and balanced, as many of the antagonists from that era are interviewed and are permitted to explain the positions they took then and to offer their subsequent reflections on the controversy. The only shortcoming, in my view, is that the federal judiciary is let off far too lightly for its role in designing and maintaining racial segregation in the United States. Starting with Plessy v. Ferguson in 1896, and continuing for nearly 60 years until 1954, there is an unbroken line of United States Supreme Court cases that uphold the doctrine of "separate but equal" upon which racial segregation was based. |
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Now on DVD - More Than A Masterpiece - A Vital Historical Record |
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This beautiful, moving, and absolutely essential documentary has been called a masterpiece. The word "masterpiece", while apt, does not do this film justice. This is 14 hours of essential and vital American history that no American child should miss. This film should be required viewing in every American high school. An exhaustive and fully rounded examination of the Civil Rights Movement from it's infancy in the 1950's to it's essential realization in the 1980's. Now, in spite of the years-long struggle to obtain the rights to the thousands of pieces of news footage in the film, PBS has finally released "Eyes on The Prize" in a 7 DVD box at the price of $375.00 before taxes and shipping. Actually the PBS was only able to secure the limited "educational use" rights for the film and not mass release rights for the general public. Intended first and foremost for purchase by educational institutions and libraries (which explains the high price), anyone can actually purchase the set if they're willing to pay the money. To locate the set,you have to go the "Teacher's Shop" page of the PBS web site and search for "Eyes On The Prize DVD". You will not be able to locate it if you just go to the general PBS site and look in the "Black History" section. |
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Absolutely Stunning!!!! |
Folks, you have to be ready to watch this. You've got to be in the right mindset to digest this. It is a hard hitting, thought provoking punch in the gut presentation about what people were willing to endure just to enjoy the simple things that we now take for granted(i.e. voting, quality education, eating in public places, fair justice). Where would be we without the Civil Rights Movement?
I was exposed to this when I was in undergrad and I immediately purchased my own set because I knew that it was something that I wanted my kids to see when I had them. This is VERY good and it is not candy coated. You will get the point relative to how hard the Civil Rights struggle was. I know I did. |
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Get the DVD at PBS |
Sorry folks, but I just don't see paying $1K for the seven ancient VHS tapes when the ones who loved this documentary the first time 'round can watch it with the next generation on DVD.
Enjoy. |
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Where is the DVD on this??????? |
What the? No DVD? I saw this on PBS a few weeks ago and also a few years ago. dated 1999, and STILL no DVD out?
This is by far and away the best story ever put together on civil rights, I have cash, will buy the DVD, $400? but its nowhere to be found. Amazing
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