Jane Elliott
Born: 1933-11-30
Known For: Acting
Biography
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".
Filmography
2014
- Der Rassist in uns as Self (archive footage)
2009
- The Event: How Racist Are You? as Self
2004
- Eye Opener as Herself
2001
- The Angry Eye as Self
1996
- Blue Eyed as Herself
1985
- A Class Divided as Herself
1970
- The Eye of the Storm as Self