organization

Blackside

Address	46 Plympton St Boston, Massachusetts, 02118 United States
Phone	617 536-6900
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Web Address	http://www.blackside-inc.com/
Type	Media Production: Film/Video/DVD
Nonprofit	No

Description

Founded in 1968 by Henry Hampton, Blackside went on to become one of the nation’s most acclaimed documentary film companies. Blackside is renowned for shaping the human stories behind the history into compelling films that inspire dialogue on the social and political issues at the core of American life.

Producing more than sixty major film and media projects, Blackside has provided many emerging filmmakers with the opportunity to learn their craft. Eyes on the Prize, the company’s definitive history of the civil rights movement, won the Dupont-Columbia Gold Baton, the Peabody Award, Academy Award nominations, and numerous Emmys. Blackside has also brought many other award-winning productions to public television, including The Great Depression, Malcolm X: Make It Plain, America’s War on Poverty, This Far by Faith, and I’ll Make Me A World.

Currently, the company is focused on fundraising and reissuing other Blackside films.