Eyes on the Prize is an award-winning 14-hour television series produced by Blackside and narrated by Julian Bond. Through contemporary interviews and historical footage, the series covers all of the major events of the civil rights movement from 1954-1985. Series topics range from the Montgomery bus boycott in 1954 to the Voting Rights Act in 1965; from community power in schools to "Black Power" in the streets; from early acts of individual courage through to the flowering of a mass movement and its eventual split into factions. When Eyes on the Prize premiered in 1987, The Los Angeles Times called it "an exhaustive documentary that shouldn't be missed." The series went on to win six Emmys and numerous other awards, including an Academy Award nomination, the George Foster Peabody Award, and the top duPont-Columbia award for excellence in broadcast journalism.
Rating: 9.20/10 (avg out of 712 votes)
Eyes on the Prize Airs: Monday
Eyes on the Prize Status: Ended
EYES ON THE PRIZE - General Information
Series Premiere: January 21, 1987 Classification: Documentary Genre: Action | Documentary | History Network: PBS Airs: Monday at 12:00 am Runtime: 60 Minutes
EYES ON THE PRIZE - Season 1 -- 6 Episodes
1x1 -- Jan 21, 1987 -- Awakenings, 1954-1956 1x2 -- Jan 28, 1987 -- Fighting Back, 1957-1962 1x3 -- Feb 04, 1987 -- Ain't Scared of Your Jails, 1960-1961 1x4 -- Feb 11, 1987 -- No Easy Walk 1962-1966 1x5 -- Feb 18, 1987 -- Mississippi, Is This America, 1962-1964 1x6 -- Feb 25, 1987 -- Bridge to Freedom,1965
EYES ON THE PRIZE - Season 2 -- 8 Episodes
2x1 -- Jan 15, 1990 -- The Time Has Come, 1964-1965 2x2 -- Jan 20, 1990 -- Two Societies, 1965-1968 2x3 -- Jan 29, 1990 -- Power! 1967-1968 2x4 -- Feb 05, 1990 -- The Promised Land, 1967-1968 2x5 -- Feb 12, 1990 -- Ain't Gonna Shuffle No More, 1964-1972 2x6 -- Feb 19, 1990 -- A Nation of Law?, 1967-1968 2x7 -- Feb 26, 1990 -- The Keys to the Kingdom, 1974-1980 2x8 -- Mar 05, 1990 -- Back to the Movement, 1979-mid 1980s
