Eyes on the Prize: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

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.

Series details

• Title: Eyes on the Prize
• Format: Documentary
• Language: English
• Genres: History
• Premiere date: 1987-01-21
• Final broadcast date listed: 1990-03-05
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: PBS
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 21307
• IMDb ID: tt0092999
• TVDB ID: 84630

Cast and credited roles

• Julian Bond — Narrator

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1987-01-21; final listed air date 1987-02-25; episode order: 6.
• Season 2: premiered 1990-01-15; final listed air date 1990-03-05; episode order: 8.

Source and licence

Adapted from Eyes on the Prize on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.