Jane Elliott
Acting1933 (92)
American diversity educator. As a schoolteacher, Jane Elliott became known for her "Blue eyes/Brown eyes" exercise, which she first conducted with her third-grade class on April 5, 1968, the day after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. The classroom exercise was filmed in 1970, becoming the documentary The Eye of the Storm. PBS series Frontline featured a reunion of the 1970 class, as well as Elliott's work with adults, in its 1985 episode "A Class Divided".
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10- 2026Jane Elliott Against the WorldMovieas Self
- 2014Der Rassist in unsMovieas Self (archive footage)
- 2009The Event: How Racist Are You?Movieas Self
- 2004Indecently Exposed!Movieas Herself
- 2004Eye OpenerMovieas Herself
- 2002The Stolen EyeMovieas Self
- 2001The Angry EyeMovieas Self
- 1996Blue EyedMovieas Self · Writer
- 1985A Class DividedMovieas Herself
- 1970The Eye of the StormMovieas Self