Interview with John Powis conducted for Eyes on the Prize II. Discussion centers on his work as the Governing Board of the Ocean Hill-Brownsville Demonstration School District in New York and the controversy over the district's innovative practices, and the ensuing New York teachers strikes.
Thanks to a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), the original 16mm negative film were scanned and digitized to create 2K DPX files and the original 1/4" elements were digitized to create 24-bit 96kHz .wav files. The picture and audio were then reassembled at the Film & Media Archive.
