[nfbwatlk] Fw: "Eyes on the Prize" Returns to PBS, DVS Available

[Mike Freeman]

This was and is an excellent series. Presuming you can figure out how to 
turn on your SAP channel and that your PBS station uses it (I believe KCTS 
stopped doing so), you'll find this series with video description 
fascinating! Even if you can't get your SAP going, I highly recommend this 
series. Way-back-when, I used it as NFB literature seminar material for the 
Clark County chapter.

Mike

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Mary Watkins
To: dvsconsumers
Sent: Friday, September 29, 2006 12:40 PM
Subject: "Eyes on the Prize" Returns to PBS, DVS Available


Landmark Television Series "Eyes on the Prize" Returns to PBS Stations 
Monday evening Oct 2.

A Special Presentation of American Experience, subsequent two-hour episodes 
will air October 9 and 16

Series is available with video description for viewers who are blind or 
visually impaired


"required watching"
 -- New York Magazine

"indispensable"
 -- Time

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.

Eyes on the Prize was created and executive produced by Henry Hampton 
(1940-1998), one of the most influential documentary filmmakers in the 20th 
century. His work chronicled America's great political and social movements 
and set new standards for broadcast quality. Blackside, the independent film 
and television company he founded in 1968, completed 60 major films and 
media projects that amplified the voices of the poor and disenfranchised. 
His enduring legacy continues to influence the field in the 21st century.

Video description of Eyes on the Prize was funded by the U.S. Department of 
Education, through a grant awarded to WGBH's Descriptive Video Service®. 
Closed captioning is also provided for this series.

For more information on the program, and links to local televison listings 
in your area, please visit
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/eyesontheprize/

For information on accessing the description via your television or VCR's 
Second Audio Program (SAP), visit
http://main.wgbh.org/wgbh/pages/mag/resources/guides/mag_guide_vol4.html


Mary Watkins
Outreach Director
Media Access Group at WGBH



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This was and is an excellent series. Presuming you can figure out how to turn on your SAP channel and that your PBS station uses it (I believe KCTS stopped doing so), you'll find this series with video description fascinating! Even if you can't get your SAP going, I highly recommend this series. Way-back-when, I used it as NFB literature seminar material for the Clark County chapter.
 
Mike
 
----- Original Message -----
From:
mailto:mary_watkins at wgbh.org Mary Watkins
To:
mailto:dvsconsumers at mail4.wgbh.org dvsconsumers
Sent:
Friday, September 29, 2006 12:40 PM
Subject:
"Eyes on the Prize" Returns to PBS, DVS Available
Landmark Television Series "Eyes on the Prize" Returns to PBS Stations Monday evening Oct 2.
A Special Presentation of American Experience, subsequent two-hour episodes will air October 9 and 16
Series is available with video description for viewers who are blind or visually impaired
"required watching"
 -- New York Magazine
"indispensable"
 -- Time
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.
Eyes on the Prize was created and executive produced by Henry Hampton (1940-1998), one of the most influential documentary filmmakers in the 20th century. His work chronicled America's great political and social movements and set new standards for broadcast quality. Blackside, the independent film and television company he founded in 1968, completed 60 major films and media projects that amplified the voices of the poor and disenfranchised. His enduring legacy continues to influence the field in the 21st century.
Video description of Eyes on the Prize was funded by the U.S. Department of Education, through a grant awarded to WGBH's Descriptive Video Service®.  Closed captioning is also provided for this series.
For more information on the program, and links to local televison listings in your area, please visit
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/eyesontheprize/ http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/eyesontheprize/
For information on accessing the description via your television or VCR's Second Audio Program (SAP), visit
http://main.wgbh.org/wgbh/pages/mag/resources/guides/mag_guide_vol4.html http://main.wgbh.org/wgbh/pages/mag/resources/guides/mag_guide_vol4.html
Mary Watkins
Outreach Director
Media Access Group at WGBH