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The Eye of the Storm (1970 film)

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Director
  
Writer
  
William Peters

Narrated by
  
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Language
  
English

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Genre
  
Documentary

Running time
  
25 minutes

Screenplay
  
William Peters

Country
  
USA

Release date
  
1970

Cast
  
Jane Elliott, Bill Beutel, 16 students

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The Eye of the Storm is a 25-minute 1970 American television documentary featuring schoolteacher Jane Elliott conducting her Blue-Eyes-Brown-Eyes exercise in discrimination, which was narrated by Bill Beutel and directed by William Peters.

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Plot summary

William Peters follows Jane Elliott's schoolroom exercise of dividing an otherwise homogenous group of elementary school kids by their eye color.

Cast

  • Bill Beutel as the narrator and ABC reporter
  • Jane Elliott as Herself
  • Sequel

    This documentary was followed up with A Class Divided, a 1985 Frontline episode where footage from The Eye of the Storm is intercut with new footage of the students as adults.

    References

    The Eye of the Storm (1970 film) Wikipedia
    The Eye of the Storm (1970 film) IMDb The Eye of the Storm (1970 film) themoviedb.org