I just got this email from our local friends over at

Downhill Battle, as part of Black History Month they will be releasing the civil rights documentary "Eyes on the Prize" in full over the next few days via Blog Torrent, open-source peer-to-peer software. "Eyes on the Prize has been mostly unavailable to the general public for the last ten years or so due to copyright issues. DHB is looking to put the movie into the hands of who ever is interested in viewing it, and then organizing a nationwide screening of the film on Feb 8th.
Read their press release in full after the fold:

Downhill Battle is now distributing copies of the legendary civil
rights documentary "Eyes on the Prize", which has been unavailable for ten
years due to copyright restrictions. We are working to organize
nationwide screenings on February 8.

The project is called "Eyes on the Screen". Please see:
http://www.eyesonthescreen.org

Press release follows:

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Contact:
Lawrence Guyot, Former Leader of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic
Party
w: (202)727-4742, h: (202)332-5157

Tiffiniy Cheng, Co-Director of Downhill Battle
w: (508)963-1096,

Nicholas Reville, Co-Director of Downhill Battle
w: (508)963-7832,


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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Eyes on the Screen
"Eyes on the Prize", Civil Rights Documentary, To Be Released Over the
Internet Despite Copyright Disputes

A day of public screenings of the legendary documentary, to be
organized for February 8th, 2005

HYPERLINK: www.eyesonthescreen.org - According to some, it's illegal
for makers of the civil rights documentary "Eyes on the Prize" to put it
on DVD or show it in public? But at 8:00 PM on February during Black
History Month, Downhill Battle (downhillbattle.org) is encouraging
Americans to celebrate the struggle and triumph of the civil rights movement
with screenings of