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Eyes on the Prize tells 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 continue to be felt today. Winner of numerous awards, Eyes on the Prize is the most critically acclaimed documentary on civil rights in America.

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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. --Tom Keogh

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  • Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
  • MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ NR (Not Rated)
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 0.9 x 5.4 x 7.6 inches; 8.8 ounces
  • Item model number ‏ : ‎ 6633059
  • Director ‏ : ‎ Henry Hampton
  • Media Format ‏ : ‎ Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC, Box set, Multiple Formats
  • Run time ‏ : ‎ 6 hours
  • Release date ‏ : ‎ April 6, 2010
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English (Stereo)
  • Studio ‏ : ‎ PBS
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0031WNYHK
  • Country of Origin ‏ : ‎ USA
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 3
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Reviewed in the United States on March 15, 2021
When I was coming up my family would tell us about great African Americans we didn't learn about in school. I got my set of black history encyclopedias n red them cover to cover and had to do reports on what I learned. My grandmother made us all sit as a family to watch Roots when it first premiered each night. I passed that on with my kids and now my grandkids. Whole they were here last month we watched this Eyes on the Prize documentary all the way through. I wish we could get the entire series with every episode,until then I got the ones they did have. My grandbabies are 12,10,8 and 3,so clearly they weren't exposed to the things in this film. They were so baffled and intrigued on how n why things were so bad. My 3 yr old grandson couldn't understand why we couldn't drink from the same fountain or use the same restroom. He asked was the water made different,or did it taste different? Were we on punishment or time out and couldn't have any water? I think it's so important to teach the kids what our grandparents n great grandparents went through just to eat lunchl. I can remember the things I couldn't believe listening to my grandma tell stories of life in racist Louisiana. The Klan is still active n meets regularly. I will never forget the time we saw 4 truckloads of them in their robes n hoods pulling into the parking lot going in the store to get beer for their meeting. I was absolutely baffled, stunned n blown away. Teach them what things they couldn't do n what would get them killed or lynched. I made sure mine never used the N word,especially around me or around mixed company because it teaches them it's alright. Some of these kids r so selfish, entitled ,spoiled,thinks the word owes them something.,one week having to live through that life would humble their rotten asses quickly. Awesome documentary,well done,well researched bit buyer beware,it will take u back,see the ignorance n hate in your face n piss u off. Will kinda remind you of times today,which is so sad we r just about still in the same place..
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Reviewed in the United States on March 6, 2010
Rattlesnakes don't commit suicide is a very effective line from this documentary. It deals with the knowledge of an enslaved and oppressed people, knowing that their oppressor will never willingly set them free. Thus begin this very thought provoking series that chronicles the 30 year span of the Civil Rights Movement from 1954 through 1984. However, this is not a thoroughly comprehensive piece because far too many figures were either omitted or appear all too briefly, chiefly, Thorogood Marshall, Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., and Malcolm X. Nor would I have you believe that the movement started in 1954, because this struggle dates back to the 16th century and was sucessfully contained and controlled until the mid 20th century. There are fine, in fact, excellent documentaries that deserve to be seen along with this one, most notably are: Africans In America; A Journey Through Slavery, ( 2 ) Reconstruction: The Second Civil War and ( 3 ) Citizen King, worthy of a look. But for the period this film covers, it is unsurpassed in what it reveals. A warning however should be noted that this is a stark, violent document that often show scenes that are very disturbing, but a necessary element to illustrate the brutality inflicted upon a people who were forcibly taken from their homes and enslaved in the new colonies, purportedly built on the principles and concepts of Freedom. This journey begins with the Supreme Court ruling in the Brown-vs-The Board Of Education. From there we are swept along to the mobilization of the Mobile bus boycott and introduces us to the young Dr. Martin Luther King. It is my opinion that the speeches of Dr. King, alone make it a must have in every home. Far too many young people of today think that black history is what was atop the Hip-Hop charts a year ago. This is why this item should be in every home, should be viewed by everyone you know, should be recommended to every American regardless of race, because blacks alone did not overcome the situation in America. This is a truly remarkable piece to own. And in the words of Dr. King "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." Failing to view or purchase this DVD set would be a true injustice. Aubrey D. Bowman
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Reviewed in the United States on August 25, 2023
This series largely relies on first hand news clips, interviews with important players, and succinct narration to give an outstanding overview of the civil rights movement in the U.S.
Reviewed in the United States on November 8, 2010
This is by far the best documentary on the Civil Rights movement in America. It's re-release this year is quite significant in light of current problems and issues in America. Recently I hosted a series of viewing the episodes with discussion to follow at the University where I teach crime and justice studies. It is amazing how astonished students who view the film are regarding the events depicted in this series. Many young college students today take for granted what has been achieved thus far, and still don't realize that the Prize is still elusive for many.
The documentary is brilliantly produced and directed and the use of the people who were in the middle of the movement is what makes this documentary so powerful. This documentary is inspiring to me for two reasons: It reminds me of the work I did in the late 1960s in the Boston area and how much more work needs to be done as I teach my justice and society course.

Although anyone can sit anywhere on a bus today and eat at any lunch counter, the proliferation and expansion of the criminal justice system in the past 30 plus years, and the payment of that system from funds that used to be dedicated to greatly needed social service programs, should cause us to continue the fight of those depicted in the documentary. We now have the new racism and classism in this country, although more subtle and covert. Eyes on the Prize should inspire us all to continue the quest for the Prize (Dream). It is as important as the ancient quest for the Holy Grail.
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Reviewed in the United States on January 22, 2023
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 Politics aside this is one hell of a series to watch and to have and to pass on to your kids. I am so glad that Amazon has these to sell and I thank you for that with all the banning of books and videos and everything else in the country.
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Gayle Gibson
5.0 out of 5 stars Important history: moving film
Reviewed in Canada on July 24, 2018
This powerful and moving series of films is careful and fascinating and very gripping. This is an important story, an unfinished story. The films are beautifully produced and filled in many gaps in my understanding of this time and these events. I've watched the series three times so far, and will watch it again.
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B. Burkhardt
4.0 out of 5 stars Sehr gut
Reviewed in Germany on September 23, 2013
Sind sehr zufrieden. Diesen Artikel kauft man sich nur, wenn man weiß, worum es geht. Daher spare ich mir eine Zusammenfassung. Aufgrund des Formates spielt nicht DVD - Player in Deutschland die DVD ab!!
Red on Black
5.0 out of 5 stars Eyes on the Prize - The Bridge to Freedom
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 11, 2010
At last the first part of this wonderful series is available on DVD albeit on American Region 1 thus requiring a multi player. First shown in 1990 and also in its entirety on the BBC this series became mired in copyright issues and has been subject to all sorts of wrangling prior to DVD release this year. This has been a frustrating hiatus since this is a monumental documentary covering in full the key Civil Rights years in the US and potraying in huge detail all the key participants. Not least is the giant shadow cast by Dr Martin Luther King and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) but also key players like Emmett Till, Rosa Parks, James Meredith's 1962 challenge to segregation at the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) and of course that activist force of nature Miss Fannie Lou Hamer of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party. We await the release of later episodes which carries you through the years to the rise of Malcolm X and the Nation of Islam, and then into the fascinating origins of the Black Panthers under the leadership of Huey Newton and the journey of activists like Stokely Carmichael and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) from "Freedom Now!" to the doctrine "Black Power".

The programmes speak for themselves and build a turbulent story which has not ended. What is clear is that following the reconstruction after the civil war ended in 1865 in effect a second civil war needed to fought in America particularly following that period where unrealized goals of economic and racial justice were laid bare by racist Jim Crow laws (first introduced in 1876). Similarly we see the growth of the outrageous doctrine of "separate but equal" status for Black Americans which in effect mandated de jure racial segregation in all public facilities in numerous states enforced in law by Plessy v. Ferguson decision of 1896 which allowed state-sponsored segregation. It was not until the State-sponsored school segregation was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1954 in Brown v. Board of Education led by the immense figure of Justice Earl Warren that that legal force combined with moral authority to produce years of radical activism in which blacks and whites together were assaulted, beaten to a pulp, attacked by dogs, mown down by fire hoses and murdered in places such as Selma, Montgomery, Greensboro and throughout Mississippi. The sheer bravery of the freedom riders screams out of this series as does the sheer terror that civil rights activist endured. There are episodes when you watch this series that you will literally fume and rage in anger at the appalling ignorance and stupidity of a section of white southerners whose many comments are too offensive to repeat here. Any one watching Mayor Joseph Smitherman of Selma, Alabama in 1965 and his infamous television aired mis-pronunciation of King's surname will witness a society where blatantly racist speech and attitude infused everyday life and culture. Likewise witnessing one of the key episodes on Birmingham it is hard not to hate Eugene "Bull" Connor the Public Safety Commissioner of Birmingham, Alabama in the 1960s, and a infamous symbol of bigotry. The story of a range of Southern governors particularly the contradictory figure of George Wallace squaring off with the US president John F Kennedy and his brother and Attorney General Bobby Kennedy is a fascinating political dual.

And all the while the figure of King and the trails and tribulations he suffered, but also the victories he achieved and the strength of character that he and other leaders displayed are at the forefront. Those words King uttered on the night before his assassination at the Lorraine motel in Memphis on April 4th 1968 remain infused with huge poignancy but also hope, as he stated "And I've looked over. And I've seen the promised land. I may not get there with you. But I want you to know tonight, that we, as a people, will get to the promised land. And I'm happy, tonight. I'm not worried about anything. I'm not fearing any man. Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord". You also fully understand that by the time of Kings assassination that the moral authority of the non violent movement was beginning to dramatically wane as a more more militant and confrontational form of black activism emerged particularly with the Black Panthers who moved toward Maoism and led the hugely controversial FBI chief J. Edgar Hoover to call the party "the greatest threat to the internal security of the country".

The driving force behind Eyes on the Prize was Henry Hampton (1940-1998) who won many awards for this remarkable series in which he set out to tell "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 continue to be felt today". The experience of watching this series is itself a journey from early idealism to hard edged revolutionary politics. On times it is a deeply disturbing, uncomfortable and tragic viewing experience. Yet wherever your sympathies lie on this tapestry of black activism you will recognise that fundamentally "Eyes on the prize" is non fictional tale of "human drama" which touches your basic humanity and tugs at your soul creating genuine admiration for a generation who literally put their lives on the line.
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5.0 out of 5 stars やっと手に入れたドキュメンタリーシリーズ
Reviewed in Japan on April 9, 2010
 アメリカの公共放送局PBSから放映された、1950年代から80年代にわたる、アメリカでの黒人の公民権運動の変遷をたどったドキュメンタリー・シリーズ。これはその前半に当たる1954年から65年までの公民権運動の記録です。運動の出発点となったアラバマ州モントゴメリーのバス・ボイコット運動、リトル・ロック高校への入学騒動、学生活動家たち主導の「シット・イン」、「フリーダム・ライド」といった活動。首都ワシントンへの「ワシントン大行進」、そしてキング牧師によるリンカーン記念堂前での「I have a Dream」の有名な演説など、アメリカ公民権運動の重要なエピソードが記録されています。

 日本では80年代に、NHK教育テレビの「海外ドキュメンタリー」という番組で「アメリカ公民権運動」という(そっけない)タイトルで放映されています。45分間という番組枠のため、60分のオリジナルから編集されて放映されました。このオリジナルDVDで新たな発見もあるかもしれません。

 以前はDVD6枚組で$300超のものでしたが、これはDVD3枚組で発売された廉価版のようです。

 およそ半世紀前のニュース映像主体なので、高画質は望めませんが貴重な映像ばかりです。リージョン・コードがかかっているので、リージョン・コード1対応プレーヤーまたはリージョンフリーのプレーヤーでしか再生できません。DVDの機能のうちの字幕にも対応していません。CC(クローズド・キャプション)に対応しているので、CC機器を利用できれば英語字幕を表示できます。

 個人的には、続いて後半のセカンド・シーズンの廉価版のDVD集が早く発売されることを心から願っています。
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5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect!
Reviewed in Canada on February 19, 2019
Ordered for Black History Month. No issues.