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Eye of the Storm, The

Synopsis
An experiment into the effect of racial prejudice by Jane Elliott. An American primary school class was divided by eye colour. Blue-eyed children were treated as superior to those with brown eyes. After two days the roles are reversed. The changes in attitudes, behaviour and classroom performance were measureably affected.
Language
English
Country
United States
Medium
Film; Video
Technical information
Black-and-white / Sound
Year of production
1973
Notes
See also A CLASS DIVIDED, BLUE EYED and THE ANGRY EYE.
Subjects
Psychology; Sociology
Keywords
prejudice; primary education; psychology experiments; race relations

Credits

Contributor
Jane Elliott

Distribution Formats

Type
DVD
Format
Region 2 PAL
Price
£150.00 (Uniview) £149.50 (Concord)
Availability
Sale
Duration/Size
25 minutes
Year
2007

Type
VHS
Format
PAL
Price
£70.00
Availability
Sale
Duration/Size
25 minutes
Year
2007

Distributor

Name

Concord Media

Email
sales@concordmedia.org.uk
Web
http://www.concordmedia.org.uk/ External site opens in new window
Phone
01473 726 012
Address
Rosehill Centre
22 Hines Road
Ipswich
IP3 9BG
Notes
A long-established, not-for-profit organisation with a large collection DVDs, specialising in the sectors of general and mental health, child care, race relations, war and peace, addictions, the third world, ecology, civil rights, personal relationships, educational issues, and social work training. Concord also handles titles made for the Graves Medical Audio-visual Library. Sale on DVD. Formerly known as Concord Video and Film Council. In 2014 Concord began to offer selected films as Video on Demand, via Vimeo.
Name

Uniview Worldwide

Email
sales@uniview.co.uk
Web
http://www.uniview.co.uk External site opens in new window
Phone
0151 648 9988
Address
PO Box 20
Hoylake
Wirral
CH48 7HY
Notes
NB. Uniview ceased trading at the end of July 2016. Some of the products previously distributed by them are available from Short Cuts TV: http://www.shortcutstv.com/

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