Henry Hampton

CTL-E-3758 · Person · other · 1940–1998

VERIFIED evidence grade of this record

Filmmaker (1940–1998), creator and executive producer of the Eyes on the Prize documentary series; founder of the Boston production company Blackside.

Notes

RELP85 new supporting entity; identity re-check: no duplicate in graph. (Not Fred Hampton, CTL-E-0082.)

Relationships

Eyes on the Prize PBS premiere (1987) — related to
Henry Hampton was the creator and executive producer of the Eyes on the Prize series that premiered on PBS in 1987.
Eyes on the Prize rights blackout — related to
Henry Hampton created and executive-produced Eyes on the Prize; the mid-1990s rights blackout halted its rebroadcasts and home-video distribution.

Sources

Wikipedia - Eyes on the Prize
NPR - New Hope for Revitalizing a Civil Rights Classic (2005)

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