Recent Interview Use
The 183 interviews from the second series of Eyes on the Prize are a valuable historical resource. They cover an ear in American history that helps explain the country's ongoing struggles with racial justice. Interviews from the series have been reused in a variety of documentary films, television programs, podcasts and books.
A few of the programs and books are listed below with the interviews utilized by their associated creators.
The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show (Yoruba Richen, 2020)
Harry Belafonte
Eyes on the Prize: Hallowed Ground (Sophia Nahli Allison, 2021, HBO Max)
Laverne Barkley
Elaine Brown
Stokely Carmichael
Angela Davis
Jim Ingram
Floyd McKissick
Huey Newton
Ruby Sales
Ronald Scott
Bobby Seale
The New Civil Rights Movement Reader: Resistance, Resilience, and Justice by Traci Parker and Marcia Walker-McWilliams (University of Massachusetts Press, fourthcoming)
Bobby Seale
Maynard Jackson
Elaine Brown
Judas and the Black Messiah (Shaka King, 2020)
William O’Neal
Judas and the Black Messiah podcast (99% Invisible, 2021)
William O’Neal
By Whatever Means Necessary: The Times of Godfather of Harlem (Keith McQuirter, 2020)
Harry Belafonte
Sonia Sanchez
The Sun Rises in the East (Tayo Giwa and Cynthia Gordy Giwa, fourthcoming in 2022)
Jitu Weusi