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Mondays, October 2, 9, 16
9:00-11:00 p.m.
PBS, American Experience
Eyes on the Prize, the seminal civil rights documentary, originally aired in 1987. To mark the 20th anniversary of the program, PBS's American Experience will show the first six episodes of the film this October. In St. Louis, viewers can see the episodes on KETC/Channel 9.
Eyes on the Prize was produced by Blackside, Inc. Henry Hampton (1940-1998), a St. Louis native and 1961 graduate of WU, established Blackside, the largest African-American-owned film production company of its time. He became one of the world's most respected documentary filmmakers.
The materials used to create Eyes and Blackside's other documentaries are now housed in WU Libraries' Film and Media Archive. The 35,000-plus items in the Henry Hampton Collection include film and videotape (570 hours of original footage and 730 hours of stock footage), photographs, scripts, storyboards, producer's notes, interviews, music, narration, posters, study guides, books, and other materials.
Springer collections in Medicine, Behavioral Sciences, and Biomedical and Life Sciences for 2005, 2006, and 2007 have been purchased. See Springer E-Books on the Biology Library News blog for more information.
The Libraries have purchased a unique resource: Eighteenth Century Journals II, which contains rare and unique newspapers and periodicals from 1699-1812. All titles chosen for this project have been screened carefully so that there is no duplication with EEBO.
The print version of this index is no longer published. Until next May, the publisher is providing us access to the new online version: Film & Television Literature Index, which covers the entire spectrum of television and film writing. More info.
The Libraries' fall events and exhibitions are free and open to the public. Please join us!
Constitution Day is September 18th. Here are some resources to help you celebrate it!
