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”Presenting the Past” Ep. 1: Eyes On the Prize
Credits:
Hosted, recorded, and edited by Christine Becker
Produced by Ryn Marchese
Post-production and theme music by Todd Thompson
Episode Description:
In the first episode of “Presenting the Past,” film scholar Michelle Kelley highlights a collection of 127 unedited interviews conducted for the landmark PBS documentary series Eyes on the Prize: America's Civil Rights Years, 1954–1965, first broadcast in January 1987. Kelley provides context for the making of the series and explores examples of interviews that give different, yet valuable, perspectives on the civil rights movement than the one presented in the final cut of the series.
Content mentioned in this episode:
Freedom Song: Interviews from Eyes on the Prize: America’s Civil Rights Years, 1954-1965
Eyes on the Prize I Interviews Collection
America, They Loved You Madly interviews
Robert Williams interview
Coretta Scott King interview
Sheyann Webb interview
Rachel West Nelson interview
Frederick Leonard interview
Jo Ann Robinson interview
William O’Neal interview
Michelle Kelley website
