Bleary Days for Eyes on the Prize
Katie Dean,
Wired News,
Dec 30, 2004
The part of popular culture that most resembles education is the documentary. And the cost of making documentaries has been rising dramatically because of increased licensing costs. Eyes on the Prize, for example, "the landmark documentary on the civil rights movement, is no longer broadcast or sold new in the United States" because rights to news clips and other media have expired. This same scenario, writ smaller, is playing out throughout the educational community today. Via ArtsJournal.
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