Eyes on the Prize III: We Who Believe in Freedom Cannot Rest

The excellent third installment of the acclaimed historical series about civil rights in America is so full of details that each of its six episodes should sit with you for a bit. .... I found this [final] episode to be the weakest, if only because it felt rushed. I wish it had been longer. Still, the series leaves us with much to contemplate, which is what any great documentary should do.

The series isn’t perfect, but it’s utterly essential, sometimes feeling disheartening for the immediacy of that necessity.

The stories are powerful enough to stand strong without flashy graphics or animation or even a narrator.

Eyes On The Prize III: We Who Believe In Freedom Cannot Rest 1977-2015 is a compelling companion series to the 1987 original, putting the civil rights movement into a modern context through the stories of the people at its forefront.