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Welcome to 667Shotwell. Here is info about the Eyes on the Prize Screenings that 667 Shotwell and Freedom to Think are putting together. For more information on the Eyes on the Prize Screenings and to find one in your location go to: Downhill Battle.org
For Extensive information on the Eyes on the Prize Screenings go to: Downhill Battle
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on the Prize is the most renowned civil rights documentary of all
time; for many people, it is how they first learned about the Civil
Rights Movement (more about the film). But this film has not been
available on video or television for the past 10 years simply because
of expired copyright licenses. Join us in building a new mass audience
for this film: organize or attend a screening in your city, town,
library, school, or home. Together, we'll bring this film back to
a mass audience, but in a self-organized, grassroots way, as put together
by Downhill Battle: more info here http://www.downhillbattle.org/eyes/ |
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Important Civil Rights Documentary Ever Eyes on the Prize is an award-winning documentary series that many consider a foundation of our collective memory of the Civil Rights Movement. It's the most vidid portrayal of the civil rights movement and for millions of people, it's the foundation for understanding what happened. Makers of Eyes on the Prize brought together extensive historical footage from the period and featured ordinary people who helped change the course of history for the better. No other book or movie has comprehensively brought together this much footage or has become a more common reference on the civil rights movement. |
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Feb 8, 2004: "Providing the People with a history of America, and the People that fought for that History is far more important than copyright laws." - Chris on SF ABC Channel 7 News In participation with Downhill Battle, the Freedom to Think reading group (Alison, Ben, Chris, Jerome, Pam & Susan) put together a screening of the Eyes on the Prize series at 667Shotwell, which was one of 100 screenings internationally. Alison introduced the series to Chris back in 2001, and inspired Chris made an effort to track all of the episodes down from the San Francisco Library. The copies are very hard to track down and are disappearing and unavailable for purchase. Feb 2004 Chris saw the listing from Downhill Battle and with Freedom to Think put together a screening. Jerome brought his video projector and we screened it in the bay window of the house visible via the street. Our home was open to the public with fresh homemade popcorn to watch it inside. That night we met Jack Chernos, a local singer songwriter, came by with his banjo for the event and sang "The Silence of Good People" a song inducted in the National Civil Rights Museum. Pictures coming soon. We are currently trying to put together public locations to screen the entire Eyes on the Prize series. If you have any suggestions please email us at freedom@667shotwell.com We would like to also thank Downhill Battle for putting this event together, everyone who participated at 667Shotwell, at all the screenings nationwide, the film crew that put Eyes on the Prize together to document this history, and the "inspiring" People who fought against injustice in the Civil Rights Movement. Thank You |
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from Local San Francisco ABC Channel 7 News Feb 8: Click to look at a selection of video stills. |
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the article "King film shown tonight as part of copyright fight"
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| OTHER LOCAL BAY AREA SCREENINGS: | |
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the article on the Berkeley Screening: The Bay Area Veterans of the Civil Rights Movement had a screening, and Wired News wrote this first-hand article about the screening. "Copyright law was never meant to interfere with the public's right to know. We expected that the experiences would be in the public domain.... The people who are barring this will have to pay a price," said Don Jelinek. |
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