Eyes on the Prize Power!: 1966-1968 (Season 2, Episode 3)
TV-PG
TV Episode | 55 min | Documentary, History

Eyes on the Prize

Power!: 1966-1968 (Season 2, Episode 3)

TV-PG

TV Episode | 55 min | Documentary, History

Exploring the influence of the idea of black power on freedom movement. Follows leaders of three black communities in their efforts to gain political and economic power that would enable advancements in employment, housing and education.

Directors

Louis J. Massiah | Terry Kay Rockefeller

Writers

Steve Fayer | Henry Hampton (creator) | Louis J. Massiah | Terry Kay Rockefeller

Producers

Louis J. Massiah | Terry Kay Rockefeller

Cinematographers

Michael Chin | John Else | Robert Shepard

Editor

Thomas Ott

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Edit Released

Updated Jan 29, 1990

Release date

Jan 29, 1990 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

Nominated for 1 Oscar Award. Another 11 wins & 4 nominations

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Cast	+ Add Cast
33 cast members

Name	Known for
Julian Bond Narrator (voice) Narrator (voice) See fewer	Greased Lightning (1977)
Elaine Brown Self Self See fewer	A Taste of Power
H. Rap Brown Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Fall (1969)
Charles Butts Self Self See fewer	Eyes on the Prize (1987)
Stokely Carmichael Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 (2011)
Sonny Carson Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Education of Sonny Carson (1974)
Eldridge Cleaver Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Congo Oyé (We Have Come Back) (1971)
Kathleen Cleaver Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Zabriskie Point (1970)
Bernard E. Donovan Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Critic at Large (1948)
Emory Douglas Self Self See fewer	Tongues on Fire: A Tribute to the Black Panthers (2010)
Sandra Feldman Self Self See fewer	Eyes on the Prize (1987)
James Forman Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Eyes on the Prize (1987)
Thompson J. Gaines Self Self See fewer	Eyes on the Prize (1987)
Richard Jensen Self Self See fewer	Eyes on the Prize (1987)
Karriema Jordan Self Self See fewer	Eyes on the Prize (1987)
John V. Lindsay Self (as Mayor John Lindsay) Self (as Mayor John Lindsay) See fewer	Rosebud (1975)
Ralph Locher Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer
Rhody McCoy Self Self See fewer	Black Journal (1968)
Floyd McKissick Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Eyes on the Prize (1987)
Edgar Morris Self Self See fewer	Eyes on the Prize (1987)
Fred Nauman Self Self See fewer	Eyes on the Prize (1987)
Huey P. Newton Self (as Huey Newton) Self (as Huey Newton) See fewer	Black Panthers (1968)
Charles O'Brien Self Self See fewer	Eyes on the Prize (1987)
C. Herbert Oliver Self (as Rev. C. Herbert Oliver) Self (as Rev. C. Herbert Oliver) See fewer	Black Journal (1968)
John Powis Self (as Father John Powis) Self (as Father John Powis) See fewer	Eyes on the Prize (1987)
Elaine Rooke Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer
Bobby Seale Self Self See fewer	Malcolm X (1992)
Albert Shanker Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Bicentennial Minutes (1974)
Carl Stokes Self Self See fewer	The NewsCenter (1974)
Seth Taft Self Self See fewer	Eyes on the Prize (1987)
Dolores Torres Self Self See fewer	Eyes on the Prize (1987)
Jitu Weusi Self Self See fewer	Eyes on the Prize (1987)
Geraldine Williams Self Self See fewer	Eyes on the Prize (1987)