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''Eyes on the Prize'' is an American television series and 14-hour documentary about the Civil Rights Movement in the United States. The documentary originally aired on the PBS network and also aired in the United Kingdom on BBC2. Created and executive-produced by Henry Hampton at Blackside, Inc., the series uses archival footage and interviews of participants and opponents of the movement. The title of the series is derived from the folk song "Keep Your Eyes on the Prize," which is used in each episode as the opening theme music. A total of 14 episodes of ''Eyes on the Prize'' were produced over two seasons. The first season, ''Eyes on the Prize: America's Civil Rights Years 1954–1964'', chronicles the time period between the United States Supreme Court ruling on ''Brown v. Board of Education'' (1954) to the Selma to Montgomery marches of 1965. The first season consists of six episodes, which premiered on January 21, 1987 and concluded on February 25, 1987. The second season, ''Eyes on the Prize II: America at the Racial Crossroads 1965–1985'', consists of eight episodes, which aired on January 15, 1990 and ended on March 5, 1990. Since its debut, the series has been lauded for its depiction of the Civil Rights Movement. The documentary is used extensively in primary and secondary schools, as well as, other educational settings as a way to convey the experiences and struggle for civil rights in the United States. ==Broadcast== The film originated as two sequential projects. Part one, six hours long, was shown on PBS in early 1987 as ''Eyes on the Prize: America's Civil Rights Years (1954–1965)''. Eight more hours were broadcast in 1990 as ''Eyes on the Prize II: America at the Racial Crossroads (1965–1985)''. It was quickly released to home video (in VHS and Laserdisc). By the mid-1990s, both rebroadcasts and home video production were halted for several years due to limits on the licenses of the copyrights of the archive footage used, and increasingly higher rates imposed by the copyright holders.〔(Sheila Curran Bernard, "Eyes on the Rights - The Rising Cost of Putting History on Screen" ), ''Documentary Online Magazine,'' June 05 Issue, International Documentary Association. Retrieved 2009-10-28.〕 Grants from the Ford Foundation and others enabled Blackside to renew rights.〔(Katie Dean, "Cash Rescues Eyes on the Prize" ), Wired.com, 08-30-2005. Retrieved 2008-02-21.〕 To date, PBS has rebroadcast the first six hours on three consecutive Mondays in October 2006,〔(A Special Presentation of American Experience: Eyes on the Prize: America's Civil Rights Movement, 1954–1985 ), PBS.org. Retrieved 2008-02-21.〕 and rebroadcast the second eight hours in February 2008.〔(PBS News: PBS Celebrates Black History Month with an Extensive Lineup of Special Programming ), PBS.org. Retrieved 2008-02-21.〕 PBS reissued an educational version of the series in the fall of 2006, making it available on DVD for the first time.〔(PBS Education - Eyes on the Prize: America's Civil Rights Movement DVD 7PK - AV Item )〕 It is now available to educational institutions and libraries from PBS on seven DVDs (ISBN 0-7936-9262-8) or seven VHS tapes. A consumer version of part one (1954–1965) was released in March 2010.〔()〕 It is unclear whether any footage has been changed to appease rightsholders. The licensing issues from 1993 to 2006 generated what was called ''Eyes on the Screen'', an effort to disseminate the series by file sharing networks without regard to copyright restrictions. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Eyes on the Prize」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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