The Eye of the Storm (1970 film)

The Eye of the Storm
Directed by William Peters
Starring Jane Elliott
Narrated by Bill Beutel
Distributed by American Broadcasting Company (ABC)
Release date
  • 1970 (1970)
Country United States
Language English

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.

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.



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